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ANNOUNCING THE

Jewish Values Online Blog Awards - Fourth Quarter 5779

Jewish Values Online, the leading site providing a mix of voices and viewpoints for

multi-denominational Jewish perspectives on moral and ethical questions is delighted to announce the selection of the best blog entries posted for the fourth quarter of 5779.

THE ORTHODOX JUDAISM OF SH’LOMO AVINER_3

Posted on 07/15/2019 by Rabbi Alan Yuter

Rabbi Sh’lomo Aviner is a well-known, Religious Zionist thinker whose public statements and popular teachings reflect and embody a controversial version of Israeli Orthodoxy.At...

09/09/2019 by Moshe Daniel Levine

This is going to be a long article - probably double the length of my normal writings. The issue of homosexuality in the Torah is an important and difficult one, as we need not look far to witness the immense...

08/13/2019 by Rivkah Lambert Adler

My husband tells the story about how, some years ago, immediately following the High Holidays, a Jewish woman made an appointment to meet with him in his synagogue office. She introduced herself and explained...

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Categories

Heritage & Background

Kashrut & Keeping Kosher

Lashon Hara: Evil Speech

Medical Issues

Miscellaneous Topics

Olam Habah, After Life

Ownership & Rights

Prayer & Prayer Forms

Teshuvah & Repentance

Tikkun Olam/World Repair

Tochechah/Reproof

Tzedakah

Tzniut/Modesty

Tzniut/Privacy/Modesty

Workplace

What do I do with suspected stolen goods I bought?	Can we benefit from past atrocities and war crimes?	Hiring or asking someone to say Kaddish for your relative?
Intermarriage ==> problems or possibilities?	Does Judaism demand too much of those with differences?	What is the Jewish position on an afterlife?
Genetic testing to establish Jewishness?	Resonsibility for a neighbor going through hard times?	MUST a Jew have children?
Obligation to care for aging parents.	Parent's right to try to persuade?	Sexual roles: is female domination okay?
Government limits?	What is the Jewish response to natural tragedy?	Who can follow a Mitzvah?
Can Jews sing Gospel music?	For inclusion purposes & Israeli citizenship, who is a Jew?	Crossing a line when chating on the internet.
Is Organ or Tissue Donation Okay for Jews?	Is a medical test that mixes human and animal cells okay?	What roles can a non-Jew play in the Jewish community?
How re-gain trust & be believed after lying?	What does Judaism say about intermarriage?	Are we judged by G-d for our thoughts and fantasies?
Does the Talmud carry the same authority as the Torah?	Is the State of Israel a central focus of the Judaism?	Obsessed with Money?
Respecting the Law of the Land?	Grieving family after losing son to a drug overdose.	What if it looks non-kosher?

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THE ORTHODOX JUDAISM OF SH’LOMO AVINER_3

Re-Analyzing the Biblical Law Against Homosexuality

Learning About Judaism From Non-Jews

View First, Second & Third Quarter 5779 Awardees

When Anti-Semitism Is Inconvenient

Wright Brothers Day

Oh NO, Not Another Hanukkah Article!

Waiting (Wasting) Time

Tiffany Haddish Learns Hebrew or How To Get More Hebrew Into Your Life

The U.N.'s Erasure of Jewish History and Why it Matters for Israeli Leftists