The Jewish Community Pantry facility at 3033 W. Burleigh St. after the July 22 flooding. Photo by Ari Friedman.

The Jewish Community Pantry facility at 3033 W. Burleigh St. after the July 22 flooding. Photo by Ari Friedman.

Jewish Community Pantry site wrecked by flood

By Leon Cohen

The torrential rain that flooded and damaged many homes and streets throughout the Milwaukee area on July 22 also destroyed the operation of the Jewish Community Pantry.

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True ‘religious liberty’ requires Orthodox Jews to support gay marriage

By Rabbi David Ellenson

In the spirit of “religious liberty” I call upon Orthodox Jews to promote a legal change in the laws of all states that would no longer tolerate discrimination either against LGBT couples when they desire to marry religiously, or against clergy like me who are proscribed from performing such religious unions with state sanction — even when we believe that an overarching biblical ethos that teaches us that God loves and affirms the full humanity of each human being calls upon us to perform such weddings.

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True ‘religious liberty’ allows Orthodox Jews to oppose gay marriage

By Rabbi Avi Shafran

 The right to practice one’s religion is one thing. Insisting that the government sanction one’s particular religious beliefs, quite another.

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Defending Israel on campus starts with relationships

By Stephen Kuperberg

Savvy pro-Israel advocates understand that relationships stand at the heart of effective engagement. 

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‘Even if it’s not all true, I believe it’

By Douglas Bloomfield

 I’ve been getting a lot of e-mail hysterically accusing the Obama administration of deliberately and dangerously undermining Israel’s security.

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