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How the Hebrew Bible Can Bring Haredim Back to Zionism
By Yehoshua PfefferTanakh forms a national consciousness that is drawing haredi society into the great story of the Jewish return.
Yehoshua Pfeffer
Yehoshua Pfeffer, a rabbi and rabbinical judge, holds a law degree from the Hebrew University and clerked at the Israeli Supreme Court. He has taught at a number of yeshivas and published widely on Jewish law and thought. He is the editor-in-chief of Tzarich Iyun.
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Left, Right, Haredi: Three Great Awakenings of the Gaza War
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The Grandchild Clause’s Seeds of Compromise
By Yehoshua PfefferAn arrangement involving eliminating the Grandparent Clause but recognizing patrilineal descent for purposes of the Law of Return just might be feasible.
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Watch Our Conversation on the Rising Power of Haredi Judaism
By Eli Spitzer and Yehoshua PfefferMissed the live event? Catch the recording here of Eli Spitzer speaking live on the rising influence of haredi Judaism with a journalist, a researcher, and a haredi rabbi.
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The Best Books of 2020, Chosen by Mosaic Authors (Part III)
By Gary Saul Morson, Yehoshua Pfeffer, Daniel Polisar, Neil Rogachevsky, and Michael WeingradFive more of our regular writers pick several favorites each, featuring Stalingrad, the master, Margarita, parasitic minds, infectious ideas, dust, heaven, Zoom, traveling light, and more.
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Five-and-a-Half Myths about Ultra-Orthodox Jews
By Yehoshua PfefferThey're not anti-Zionist. They're not right-wing extremists. They're not even against birth control.
