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By Wikipedia Daniel Sperber is a professor of Talmud at Bar-Ilan University in Israel, and an expert in classical philology, history of Jewish customs, Jewish art history, Jewish education and Talmudic studies. Articles about Daniel Sperber
Sep 26, 2010
No room for improvement
By GAIL LICHTMAN
All is not sweetness and light in the Jewish Quarter. Eleven of the quarter’s residents are facing court orders to demolish illegally built additions…
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Jul 16, 2010
A woman’s honor
By ELANA MARYLES SZTOKMAN
The Hebrew word kavod has at least four English interpretations, writes Prof. Tamar Ross in the introduction to Women and Men in Communal Prayer:…
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Apr 6, 2010
Grapevine: They’ve been riding on the railroad
By GREER FAY CASHMAN
PEOPLE WHO love trains and a challenge will appreciate the trip taken by computer systems analyst Danny Amir (formerly Greenwald) and his son Yoav,…
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Mar 26, 2010
Close-knit community?
By SARAH NADAV
Dramatic shifts to both the Left and the Right over the past 50 years have left the modern Orthodox and national-religious movements fragmented.…
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Jun 30, 2009
Grapevine: Being party to the mitzva
By Greer Fay Cashman
WHEN FORMER president of Poland Lech Walesa paid a visit in January 2008, his entourage included Rabbi Shalom DovBer Stambler, the director of…
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Dec 25, 2008
Ask the Rabbi: Know when to hold them
By Shlomo Brody
Some have speculated that gambling on Hanukka recalls an alleged attempt by Hasmonean Jews to hide their rebellious behavior from the intruding…
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Dec 9, 2008
December 10: Insecure in S.A.Insecure in S.A. Sir, - Re "Israeli protection may increase Chabad's risk, security expert says" (December 9): The security measures at…
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Nov 25, 2008
Mendelssohn season opens
By Jerusalem Post Staff
Next year will be the 200th anniversary of Mendelssohn's birth. The Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra - IBA and the Israel Opera present a commemorative…
Sep 17, 2008
September 18: Come off it!Come off it!Sir, - Caroline Glick tells us that Tzipi Livni acts like a typical Israeli politician ("Mrs. Clean is a fraud," September 16). What a…
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Jul 17, 2008
Flames of passion
By BEN NAPARSTEK
Reappraisals: Reflections on the Forgotten Twentieth CenturyBy Tony JudtPenguin464 pages; $29.95It must take nerve for Tony Judt, professor of…
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Jan 29, 2008
David Halivni wins Israel Prize in Talmud for 2008
By Ehud Zion Waldoks
Prof. David Halivni has won the Israel Prize for research into the Talmud for 2008, the Education Ministry announced Tuesday. Halivni has written…
Mar 29, 2007
The story of the 'kittel'
By ERICA CHERNOFSKY
It's two months till the Big Day, or what we've more accurately termed D-Day. In plainer terms, I'm getting married at the end of May. Now four…
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Mar 29, 2007
Sabra Styel: The story of the 'kittel'
By ERICA CHERNOFSKY
It's two months till the Big Day, or what we've more accurately termed D-Day. In plainer terms, I'm getting married at the end of May. Now four…
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Feb 1, 2007
The Human Spirit: Who's afraid of Shira Hadasha?
By Barbara Sofer
Four and a half years ago, a woman cornered me in the supermarket to give me well-meaning if unsolicited advice about my religious practice. Rumor…
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Oct 31, 2006
Grapevine: In his father's shoes
By Greer Fay Cashman
INITIALLY IT seemed that after all the careful preparations for the celebration of his country's national day, Czech Ambassador Michael Zantovsky…
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Sep 29, 2006
Chicken ritual is foul, animal rights groups say
By NATHAN THRALL
An ancient ritual that has survived the opprobium of some of the most prominent halachic authorities is facing a modern activist movement, as animal…
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Jun 29, 2006
News of the Muse
By JPost.com Staff
Hot summer dancingMahoLohet (Hot Dance), Israel's summer dance festival at Tel Aviv's Suzanne Dellal Dance Center, presents a slice of the energetic…
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May 28, 2006
The ethical line between abuse and self-defense [pg. 4]
By Ruth Eglash
Dr. Suzan Jacobs, a visiting lecturer from the University of Nebraska, Omaha, raised a question of ethics with 180 students gathered at a conference.…
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