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Benjamin Weiner

Benjamin Weiner writes on arts, culture, politics, and religion for a variety of publications. An ordained rabbi, he is the spiritual leader of Mishkan Ha’am: The Westchester-Riverdale Reconstructionist Group, in New York.

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Religion Dispatches

Is it Kosher Now? The Evolution of Kashrut in the Wake of the Agriprocessor Fiasco

From Kosher to Eco-Kosher to Righteously Kosher, Jews are amplifying the notion of the sacredness of food to include care for workers and the environment.
Benjamin Weiner
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The End of Jewish Education As We Know It?

In hard economic times choices must be made and Jewish philanthropies are letting go of cherished educational organizations. Reminds us of a classical ethical question about survival in the desert…
Benjamin Weiner
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Chabon, Safran-Foer, Krauss—the “New Yiddishists”—Don't Speak Yiddish

On Vanity Fair’s profile of the post-Roth and Bellow generation of Jewish novelists.
Benjamin Weiner
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