MUST a Jew have children?
What is the Jewish position on an afterlife?
Are we judged by G-d for our thoughts and fantasies?

Is the State of Israel a central focus of the Judaism?
Genetic testing to establish Jewishness?
How long is too long to date before engagement?

Sexual roles: is female domination okay?
Mean to a sibling? How do I know when I am?
Report to police a crime by a Jew?

Is a medical test that mixes human and animal cells okay?
Baby Naming
Kosher options on the road?

Jewish views on genetic selection for children?
Memorial for Danish Jews who perished during WW2
Can we benefit from past atrocities and war crimes?

Teaching children self esteem.
Hiring or asking someone to say Kaddish for your relative?
Does the Talmud carry the same authority as the Torah?

Intermarriage ==> problems or possibilities?
Mourners & Well-wishing during holidays in Judaism ?
Origin of the Hebrew word 'yibum'?

Is one obliged to inform a seller of the value of an item?
How do I measure whether I'm living up to what God expects?
Are some Jewish people not suited to marriage?

Jewish responses to lust?
Stem Cell Research?
Are there any parts of a kosher bird that are not kosher?

Halachic obligation for a Jew to move to Israel
Is an adulterous spouse off-limits?
Crossing a line when chating on the internet.
 
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