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		<title>RCA Issues Clarification of Its Position on Abuse</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jun 2013 18:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[June 12, 2013 &#8211; The RCA remains steadfast in combating and condemning all forms of abuse. We are encouraged by the process that led to the guilty plea of Yosef Kolko, an Orthodox Jew who pleaded guilty for the sexual molestation of a young boy. For many years the RCA has condemned the efforts of many [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thinking-jewish.com&#038;blog=12043227&#038;post=1811&#038;subd=ravron&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ha-Rav Shlomo Aviner&#8217;s Eulogy  for Ha-Rav Yehoshua Yeshaya Neuwirth ztz&#8221;l:  The Gaon &#8220;Shemirat Shabbat Ke-Hilchata&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Jun 2013 17:09:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On the 3rd of Tammuz, at the age of 86, Ha-Gaon Ha-Rav Yehoshua Yeshaya Neuwirth ztz&#8221;l ascended on high, after many years of learning and teaching Torah.  The book &#8220;Shemirat Shabbat Ke-Hilchata&#8221; requires no advertising.  It is found in virtually every home of G-d-fearing Jews, and is used by Torah scholars and the masses alike. But his genius [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thinking-jewish.com&#038;blog=12043227&#038;post=1809&#038;subd=ravron&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Rav Aviner&#8217;s Eulogy for Rav Neuwirth &#8211; Hebrew</title>
		<link>http://thinking-jewish.com/2013/06/11/rav-aviners-eulogy-for-rav-neuwirth-hebrew/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Jun 2013 17:01:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ הגאון &#8220;שמירת שבת כהלכתה&#8221;  בג&#8217; תמוז עלה למרומים בגיל 86 הגאון הגדול הרב יהושע ישעיה נויבירט זצ&#8221;ל, אחרי שנים רבות של לימוד תורה והוראת תורה. הספר &#8216;שמירת שבת כהלכתה&#8217; אינו זקוק לפרסום. הוא נמצא כמעט בכל בית ירא שמים בישראל ומשמש הן תלמידי חכמים והן פשוטי עם. אבל גאונותו עצמה כמעט אינה מוכרת. לא יודעים [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thinking-jewish.com&#038;blog=12043227&#038;post=1804&#038;subd=ravron&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Rabbi Yehoshua Neuwirth &#8211; from Arutz Sheva</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Jun 2013 13:56:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Main &#62; News &#62; Jewish World &#160; Rabbi Neuwirth has Passed Away Author of Shemirath Shabbath Kehilchathah was 85. Funeral is at 11:30. AAFont Size By Arutz Sheva First Publish: 6/11/2013, 8:51 AM Rabbi Neuwirth Shmuelxq, Wikipedia Rabbi Yehoshua Neuwirth passed away last night at age 85 in Jerusalem. He was the author of seminal, monumental, yet practical [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thinking-jewish.com&#038;blog=12043227&#038;post=1802&#038;subd=ravron&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>TorahTutors Summer and Fall Enrollment Begins this Sunday</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jun 2013 22:22:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Email me at rmeyers@torahtutors.org for more information and to discuss a learning program for your child<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thinking-jewish.com&#038;blog=12043227&#038;post=1799&#038;subd=ravron&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Statement from the Orthodox Union and RCA on Reporting Child Abuse</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jun 2013 22:14:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jun 6, 2013 &#8212; The Orthodox Union and the Rabbinical Council of America reaffirm that any individual with firsthand knowledge or reasonable basis to suspect child abuse or endangerment, or the sale of illegal drugs, has a religious obligation to promptly share that information with secular law enforcement. Further, those deemed “mandated reporters” under secular [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thinking-jewish.com&#038;blog=12043227&#038;post=1795&#038;subd=ravron&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>TorahTutors.org @ the Torah Home Education Conference</title>
		<link>http://thinking-jewish.com/2013/05/26/torahtutors-org-the-torah-home-education-conference/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 May 2013 05:58:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s my pre-conference report from Baltimore: I just spent a wonderful Shabbat in Baltimore at Congregation Shomrei Emunah http://shomreiemunah.org/ and had an opportunity to meet many fine people over the course of Shabbat.  Our Shabbat lunch conversation glided into a discussion of the impact of the new technologies on Jewish education&#8230;a perfect lead in to Sunday&#8217;s Torah [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thinking-jewish.com&#038;blog=12043227&#038;post=1792&#038;subd=ravron&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>RCA Statement Regarding Recent Developments at Yeshivat Maharat</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 22:02:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few words  about the following post: You may or may not be aware of the ongoing &#8220;innovations&#8221; that Rabbi Avi Weiss has introduced into the North American Orthodox community over the past several years.  One of his projects is Yeshivat Chovevei Torah, created as a foil to Yeshiva University&#8217;s RIETS.  Chovevei is known for [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thinking-jewish.com&#038;blog=12043227&#038;post=1784&#038;subd=ravron&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Hamas Kids&#8217; Show</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 13:22:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following excerpt is from a children&#8217;s show on Hamas television.  Subtitles courtesy of Memri.  The video was brought to our attention courtesy of the &#8220;Times of Israel&#8221;.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thinking-jewish.com&#038;blog=12043227&#038;post=1781&#038;subd=ravron&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>YOUNG ISRAEL STATEMENT REGARDING THE BOSTON MARATHON TRAGEDY</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 02:44:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following is a statement from the National Council of Young Israel in response to the bombings this afternoon at the Boston Marathon: “The National Council of Young Israel joins with the entire nation as we share our grief and concern with the people of Boston in the aftermath of this horrific tragedy.  This senseless [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thinking-jewish.com&#038;blog=12043227&#038;post=1776&#038;subd=ravron&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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