Balfour’s Shadow A Century of British Support for Zionism and Israel – Center for Research on Globalization

| July 1, 2017

The Balfour Declaration, currently accepted by many as the founding legal statement for the establishment of Israel is really nothing more than a letter. It was a letter of policy between government personnel and became a major part of foreign policy then, and its shadow effects have continued on rather effectively to now.

Torah, Transgender People and Truth – Jewish Journal (blog)

| July 1, 2017

One hates to give a provocateur the negative attention he seeks, but sometimes theres no help for it. For example, when said provocateur occupies the space that hosts ones blog

UK Chief Rabbi warned Dweck affair could split Orthodoxy – The Jerusalem Post

| July 1, 2017

Britain's chief rabbi Ephraim Mirvis. (photo credit:TOBY MELVILLE/REUTERS) The United Kingdom's Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis has been warned by a number of British rabbis that if he fails to remove a controversial rabbi from his position "he will be responsible for the splitting of Anglo-Orthodoxy." Mirvis reportedly received a letter from several Sephardi as well as Ashkenazi Rabbanim of London Friday morning urging him to sack Rabbi Joseph Dweck following controversial comments he made regarding homosexuality, according to The Jewish Chronicle. The letter stated that If Joseph Dweck is maintained in office as a rabbi, whether it is fully or even partially, in spite of all the letters received from highly respected Orthodox Rabbinical authorities in Gateshead and in Israel and worldwide, Chief Rabbi Mirvis should realize that he will be responsible for the splitting of Anglo-Orthodoxy and lose his credibility as a Chief Rabbi to a large consensus of Orthodox communities." Dweck, leading rabbi of the S&P (Spanish and Portuguese) Sephardi Community in London, found himself at the center of a communal tumult last month after delivering a lecture in which he argued that Judaism allows for two men to love each other despite its prohibition in the Torah

Jewish Women vs. the Jewish State – New York Times

| July 1, 2017

What does that control look like? First, it means that the prayer area is divided into a mens and womens section; the womens section is far smaller

ADL Honors Atlanta Schools – Atlanta Jewish Times

| July 1, 2017

The Anti-Defamation Leagues Southeast Region awarded its Stuart Lewengrub Torch of Liberty Award on Thursday, June 22, to Atlanta Public Schools and Superintendent Meria Carstarphen at the annual Torch of Liberty Corporate Breakfast. This award recognizes the incredible work that Atlanta Public Schools has done over the past two years to implement ADLs No Place for Hate program throughout the entire school district, said Shelley Rose, the ADL interim regional director



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