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  • The Jews are "bnai yisroel," the children of Israel.

    I asked Helen Thomas about Israel. Her answer revealed more than you think. David F. Nesenoff 2010

  • In Transliteration: Baruch ata Adonoi, Eloheinu Melech ha-olam, she-lo chisar be-olamo klum v-vara vo beriyyot tovot ve-ilanot tovim lehanot bahem bnai Adam.

    A Guide to Eating Reincarnated Souls | Jewschool 2007

  • Additionally, in threads on Beyond BT, in a discussion about ben niddah specifically, while you have mentioned that there are rabbis with the positions as above, you yourself conceded that for many FFBs, there remain “halachic distinctions” between themselves and BTs/bnai niddahs.

    Tainted Love Child: The Baal Teshuvah’s Status as a Ben Niddah in the Haredi World | Jewschool 2007

  • That grandfathers in all of the bnai niddah, as not being so.

    Tainted Love Child: The Baal Teshuvah’s Status as a Ben Niddah in the Haredi World | Jewschool 2007

  • Information: 235-7711 or www. bnai-shalom.org / camp. htm.

    News & Record Article Feed 2009

  • R'DB and R'AK emphasize that we've kept the first half of the Rav's directive (no theological discussion) but we've dropped the ball on working with non-bnai brit on communal "Tikkun Olam"

    Hirhurim - Musings 2009

  • Selichos as a preparation for Yom Kippur, focusing on minhagim which parallel what bnai yisrael did in the midbar prior to matan torah as well as the avodah of the kohain gadol.

    Hirhurim - Musings 2009

  • Sure it may be fun for the those unaffiliated with that group, however it is a huge slap in the face for serious chasidim and bnai yeshiva who respect them.

    Your Moral Leader 2008

  • That all being said, I live in the Pico-Robertson area of Los Angeles, and there, orthodox judaism is thriving. we have three new kosher resaturants opening in the next few months. we have three major modern orthodox shuls and over 15 other ones in less than a 2 mile radius of where i live. and one of those shuls is bnai david judea, which is the shining example of what happens when conservative jews want to be halachic but are completely surrounded by a non halachic movement west coast conservative judaism. here, orthodoxy is swallowing conservative judaism whole, and not because we are insular, but because we as orthodox jews are learning to be members of the larger community. so you condescension against orthodoxy notwithstading, you should take a step back maybe and think.

    That and $3 will get you a cup of coffee | Jewschool 2007

  • But typically the Kotel authority is respectful enough to leave alone Reform and Conservative bnai mitzvot along Robinson’s park.

    Kotel rabbi protests Conservative movement prayers | Jewschool 2007

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