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...dominant force in Orthodoxy is a revered Boston rabbi...
...Rabbi Solomon Schiff, who directs prison chaplains for the Greater Miami Jewish Federation, argues that there is an "unbreakable bond" between clergyman and congregant An that is protected by the U.S. Constitution's guarantee of religious freedom. Agrees fellow Rabbi Brett Goldstein: "While under biblical law I have the right to reveal information of a criminal nature when that information could prevent another crime, it is not an obligation. Religious questions are between me and my God, and not between me, my God and the state." Michael Fitzgerald, a lawyer for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Miami, maintains that...
...national despair. Says he: "Americans will feel had, no matter what party is running the White House at the time." Or the country might become self-satisfied and flaccid. "Optimism does not mean that we should not be cognizant of the real problems that we face," says Orthodox Rabbi Stanley Wagner, president of the Rocky Mountain Rabbinical Council. "The cheerful mood can easily be converted into hedonism, which in turn can trigger a destruction of the moral fiber of American life." The conversion of the burgeoning self-esteem into a new selfishness may already have begun. Among students...
...RABBI ALEXANDER M. SCHINDLER, New York City, president of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations...
...politician who was not invited to visit the presidential residence last week was Rabbi Meir Kahane, 52, the Brooklyn-born head of the Kach Party. Not that the snub dismayed him. The founder of the New York City-based Jewish Defense League, who emigrated to Israel with his special brand of right-wing extremism in 1971, was still savoring one of the most divisive victories in last month's elections. Three times before, he had tried and failed. His success was yet another indication that the Israeli electorate was shifting to the right...