Word: rabbi
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...standard objections raised is that the ready availability of condoms will only encourage teenagers to have sex. "This gives a stamp of approval to something we feel is immoral and unhealthy," says Rabbi Abraham Hecht, president of the Rabbinical Alliance of America. Some parents resent the loss of control over their child's decision; others think the sagging school system could put its dollars to better use. "The chancellor's primary mission is education," insists John Hale, a former member of the New York State board of social welfare. "He's not the health department...
...synagogues, concern for Israel dominated sermons. Rabbi Steve Weiss of Ahavath Achim Synagogue in Atlanta on Saturday compared Iraqi President Saddam Hussein to the pharaoh of Egypt who enslaved the Jews centuries...
...Miami rabbi said force was necessary to deal with Saddam...
...Forgive me, people. You're going to fight him now or you're going to fight him later," said Richard J. Margolis, associate rabbi of Temple Emanu-E1 in Miami Beach, at a Friday evening service...
...1960s, European Jews will again outnumber Oriental Jews, reinforcing the nation's Western identity. Because most Soviet Jews are non-observant, they will considerably weaken the influence of the ultra-orthodox parties, which enjoy a disproportionate share of political power. That may explain why Peretz, an ultra-orthodox rabbi, claims that as many as 35% of the Soviet immigrants are not Jewish -- a claim refuted by most experts...