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How do I measure whether I'm living up to what God expects?
Can beauty & charm be forces for good in Judaism?
Can you say Kaddish for someone not buried?

Level of personal honesty in a job interview?
Safe Treatment of Animals
For inclusion purposes & Israeli citizenship, who is a Jew?

Can we benefit from past atrocities and war crimes?
Should a Rabbi engage in political speech from the bima?
Is an adulterous spouse off-limits?

Is one obliged to inform a seller of the value of an item?
Jewish view: Covenant Law leads to Good and Evil?
Obsessed with Money?

What is the Jewish position on an afterlife?
Teaching children self esteem.
Is God a He? What gender do we use to reference God?

Is Organ or Tissue Donation Okay for Jews?
Sexual roles: is female domination okay?
Jewish view on testing using healthy persons?

Gun Control?
Halachic obligation for a Jew to move to Israel
Parent's right to try to persuade?

Report to police a crime by a Jew?
What is the Jewish view on organ transplants?
Mourners & Well-wishing during holidays in Judaism ?

Government limits?
Stem Cell Research?
In overpayment situation, what is required?

What does Judaism say about intermarriage?
14, Jewish, & Gay - now what?
MUST a Jew have children?
 
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Being a Mom of Adult Children
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Posted on 09/13/2016 by Rivkah Lambert Adler in Beliefs and Practices
I was born in a generation where the majority of non-Orthodox American Jews gave their children a “Jewish name”...

What One Person Can Do
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The world is built on kindness. Psalms 89:3 Gershon Burd died suddenly and tragically at the age of 40. Everyone knew him as...

Spiritual Toxicity
Posted on 09/04/2016 by Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein in Beliefs and Practices
The words of a gossip are like choice morsels; they go down to the inmost parts. — Proverbs 18:8 Imagine someone...
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