Friday, February 05, 2010

Weekly Links

Rules: link (Note that this post will move every day until the end of the week)

Friday

  • SALT today: link
  • Brooklyn yeshiva students warn neighbors about house fire: link
  • Report: Bloomberg to endorse David Greenfield for city council: link
  • How Dovid Katz thirst for Jewish History: link
  • New documentary explores history of Jews and basketball: link
  • R. Jonathan Sacks: The Pope is right about the threat to freedom: link
  • R. Steven Pruzansky: Schism?: link
Previous days' linksThursday
  • SALT today: link
  • Former Felder staffer Eric Kuo joins Team Greenfield as Senior Advisor: link
  • Frum & female, but a rabbi? - Agudah welcomes new title for controversial clergywoman: link
  • R. Reuven Bulka: Some observations on the conversion crisis : link
  • The impending haredi implosion: link
  • The secret code of repealed conversions: link
  • R. Eliyahu Safran: Is gluttony a disease or choice?: link
  • Rabbi Melamed: IDF chief rabbi’s rulings not binding (OLD NEWS, see R. Melamed's book Revivim: Kovetz Ma’amarim Be-Inyanei Am, Eretz, Tzava, pp. 250-254): link
  • Yated: Say it already: Avi Weiss is not Orthodox (he needs to read a good history of Reform): link
Wednesday
  • SALT today: link
  • OU disabilities inclusion resolution passes House: link
  • Torah and iTablets: link
  • The Jewish Press to host 44th district City Council debate: link
  • Is Wikipedia good for the Jews?: link
  • Rabbonim shlita question Jerusalem’s policy to promote Evangelistic tourism: link
  • Jewish groups protest "Mussolini" iPhone app: link
  • Controversial? Sure. Post-Orthodox? C’mon.: link
  • Corpse abduction in Jerusalem to avoid autopsy (unbelievable): link
  • New title, but restrictions remain for religious leader: link
  • Leib Tropper resigns as rosh yeshiva of Kol Yaakov: link
Tuesday
  • SALT today: link
  • Chief rabbi: Judges won't deliberate nullifying conversions: link
  • 1000 rabbis warn: open homosexuality in the military is a disaster and may cause further natural disasters: link
  • More than a paycheck (note the correlation between the three types of motivation and those discussed by the Rambam in his introduction to Chelek): link
  • Mayor Ed Koch endorses David Greenfield: link
  • Construction for 770 Florida begins: link
  • Best news story every (video at bottom, like yesterday's best blog post): link
  • PM Netanyahu's son wins Jerusalem Bible Contest: link
Monday
  • SALT today: link
  • David Greenfield city council campaign kickoff: link
  • R. Emanuel Feldman: Haiti and the mind of God: link
  • More from R. Dovid Ribiat on EJF scandal: link
  • The incredible ongoing experiment in Jewish responsibility: link
  • International dateline in Jewish law: link
  • Dennis Prager: Messengers who forgot their message: link
  • Charities are suffering: link
  • Best blog post ever: link


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