...methods of Talmudic study? Professor Talya Fishman's book 'Becoming the People of the Talmud' briefly mentions them, as does a short selected essay in my Jewish Study Bible, but I can't seem to find any books that discuss the numerous tosafist rabbis in any great detail.
If anyone knows of...
Do you agree with ultraorthodox rabbis that you cannot "convert" to Judaism in...
...any real sense? I asked an ultraorthodox rabbi about this, and he said that "Jewishness" is a property first and foremost of matrilineal descent. As such, it is impossible for an outsider to truly "convert" to...
News story: http://www.jpost.com/Features/FrontLines/Article.aspx?id=198810
I've seen peace in all religions, they all preach the same things: equality, charity, do unto others as you would have them do to you.
So why does Judaism lead to 250 rabbis protesting against the buying / selling...
A reform temple near where I live has an lesbian Rabbi and her significant other as head of the Congregation.
Do Conservative and Orthodox Jews welcome this as well?
not Judaism? These Rabbis say it atheistic:
Rabbi Aryeh Leib Alter (1847-1905)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yehudah_Aryeh_Leib_Alter
Rabbi David Friedman (1828-1917)
http://www.traditiononline.org/news/article.cfm?id=104556
Rabbi Meir Simcha of Dvinsk (1843-1926)...