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Disclaimer: The opinions expressed here are that of the writer and do not necessarily represent the views of the Union for Traditional Judaism, unless otherwise indicated.

ARTICLE

Reactions To Rabbi Gradofsky’s Response Regarding Telephonic Megillah Reading

by Rabbi Alan J Yuter
March 31, 2020

Categories: Coronavirus, Halakhah, Halakhah, Holidays, Modern Judaism, Purim
DIVREI TORAH

Vayakhel-Pekudei “Corona Chronicles”

by Rabbi Jeffrey Miller
March 19, 2020

Categories: Coronavirus, Modern Judaism
ARTICLE (Reprinted from Jewish Center for Public Affairs)

Hora’at Sha’ah: The Emergency Principle in Jewish Law and a Contemporary Application

by Rabbi Alan J Yuter
March 15, 2020

Categories: Articles, Converts/Conversion, Coronavirus, Halakhah, Halakhah, Life Cycle, Modern Judaism, Philosophy
RESPONSA

Does Someone Whose Relative Died Have to Wash Hands Before Burial?

by Rabbi Alan J Yuter
March 2, 2020

Categories: Halakhah, Life Cycle
ARTICLE

Life Lessons I Learned from Super Bowl XI

by Rabbi Leonard Levy
January 28, 2020

Categories: Modern Judaism, Philosophy, Politics
DIVREI TORAH

Vayechi – Kaddish Doesn’t Pay

by Rabbi Shlomo Segal
January 8, 2020

Categories: Life Cycle
ARTICLE (Reprinted from Times of Israel Blogs)

Populism and the Jewish Question

by Doug Aronin
January 5, 2020

Categories: Modern Judaism, Politics
Recommended by UTJ

Religious Struggles? Stop the Judgment

Categories: Modern Judaism
RESPONSA

Kaddish for a Parent – 11 Months or 12?

by Rabbi Alan J Yuter and Rabbi Noah Gradofsky
December 5, 2019

Categories: Halakhah, Life Cycle, Tefillah
ARTICLE

Personal Conscience and Community Practice in Orthodoxy

by Rabbi Alan J Yuter
December 5, 2019

Categories: Denominations, Halakhah, Halakhah, Life Cycle, Modern Judaism, Philosophy
ARTICLE (Reprinted from utj.org)

UTJ Statement in Support of Israel 11/14/19

by Recommended by UTJ
November 14, 2019

Categories: Israel, Modern Judaism
ARTICLE (Reprinted from Long Island Jewish World)

Restoring the Jewish Narrative Tradition

by Rabbi Bruce Ginsburg
November 8, 2019

Categories: Articles, Modern Judaism

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