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“Antisemitism, like all forms of bigotry and hate, must be actively resisted by us all,” said Artson, dean of the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies of American Jewish University in Los Angeles.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 2, 2023
Rabbinic law generally frowns on exhumation of corpses, out of concern for the dignity of the dead.
From New York Times ● Nov. 30, 2022
Rabbinic tradition holds that names have the power to shape their bearers’ souls and fates.
From Slate ● Mar. 10, 2016
Raphael's father, Herbert, was a renowned scholar who edited, with Claude Montefiore, the Rabbinic Anthology first published in 1938 and still much in use today.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 4, 2011
Rabbinic literature can be studied in two different ways, in two directions, one might say.
From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok
Roth, in Mr. Zipperstein’s telling, probed Jewish life—and its collision with American ambition—with more fidelity than any rabbinic sermon could offer.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2025
But to borrow from rabbinic literature, hamevin yavin: Those who know, know.
From Slate ● Jul. 25, 2024
“They are little babies so they need special treatment,” said Teichman, 77, the rabbinic administrator of Kehilla Kosher, a nonprofit that provides kosher supervision services.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2023
Rabbi Jill Jacobs, the CEO of T’ruah, a rabbinic human rights organization based in the U.S., said it was better than at least one alternative.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 2, 2023
Its college faculty was supposed to be excellent, and its rabbinic faculty consisted of some of the greatest Talmudists in the United States.
From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok
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