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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
Having a lesbian head a transdenominational body opens the door to gay rights across the board—a little like wondering if an Iowa marriage will be accepted in Alabama.
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Religion Dispatches
Giving free rein to their follicles, a Conservative group of IDF soldiers defies powerful, state-sanctioned Orthodox Rabbinate.
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Religion Dispatches
A new study appears to beg the question: what does it even mean to be Jewish?
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