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OPINION
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The Chareidi Plan for Peace in the Middle East
After the poor soldier (Gilad ben Avivah) was captured
by Hamas and Israel responded by launching a major ground
operation in Gaza, the first thing the pundits analyzed was
how the developments affected what was originally known in
English as the "convergence" plan, but then became known as
"consolidation" and finally is currently known as the
"realignment" plan of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert.
On the Spectrum of Messianic Belief in Contemporary
Lubavitch Chassidism
by Rabbi David Berger
The controversies that swirl around contemporary Lubavitch
Chassidism concern the deepest questions of faith and the
defining parameters of the Jewish religion, but they also
address a "simple" factual question: What do the chassidim
actually believe about the Rebbe? This question —
really a set of questions — is of course not simple at
all.
Evolution: Do Not Overrate Its Significance
by R' Dovid Kornreich
Are the only two options for Evolution either to reject it
out of hand because of the Torah's account of supernatural
formation of life, or to reinterpret the verses of
Bereishis to conform with the theory as much as
possible?
The Nazi Pogrom on My Father's Seforim Library
by R' Yosef Friedensohn
On a recent Rosh Hashonoh, for some strange reason, my memory
was stirred of a rather incidental episode that took place
sixty-six years ago (1940/5700), something that happened
during one of the first few weeks of the German invasion of
Poland. Perhaps my memory was nudged because I prayed in a
shteibel which was graced by a large number of
beautiful bookcases containing specially bound volumes.
A Discredited, Evidence-less Idea
Dear Sir,
"Theories, Geological Evidence, and Assumptions" (4 Tammuz)
made eminently clear that the fact that the date 5766 on the
cover of Yated is literally true, preceded by a
Hexaemeron of 144 literal hours, is the Torah stance!
Politica: Exempting Women from Army Servicez
By E. Rauchberger
According to the existing law a girl who declares she cannot
serve in the IDF for religious reasons receives an exemption
from military duty immediately. Paragraph 24 of Security
Service Law allows an exemption to be revoked if the official
in charge of reviewing the case determines that the exemption
was obtained through deceitful means. But Subparagraph (5)
excludes exemptions given for religious reasons from this.
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