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Hakirah, The Flatbush Journal of Jewish Law and Thought is a publication of
Hakirah, Inc. a non-profit private foundation exempt under section 501 (c) (3).

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The purpose of Hakirah, The Flatbush Journal of Jewish Law and Thought, is to promote the intellectual and spiritual growth of the Jewish community.

To accomplish this Hakirah  will:

  Provide an opportunity for members of our community who have been studying in depth to disseminate the results of their study for careful review.
  Encourage others to join in this type of study.
  Create a forum for the discussion of issues of hashkafah  and halakhah  relevant to the community from a perspective of careful analysis of the primary Torah sources.

Members of the community are encouraged to comment on the articles that they have read and subsequent issues will allow considerable space for the reader’s comments and the author’s response.

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Volume 13 Forum on SSA (Volumes 12 and 13) Mezizah be-Peh (Archive)
When Unity Reigned: Yom ha-Atzmaut 1954
by: Elazar Muskin (Full Article)

Letter (Hebrew) from Rabbi Eliyahu Meir Bloch

A Discussion with Rabbi Shmuel Kamenetzky
by:
Arthur Goldberg
Mezizah be-Peh:
Therapeutic Touch or Hippocratic Vestige
by: Shlomo Sprecher
Should School Children of Varying Levels of Observance be Segregated?
by:
Aharon Hersh Fried
Why the Recent Modern Orthodox Rabbis' Statement on Homosexuality is Unhelpful
by: Joseph Berger
Responsa of
Hatam Sofer
Covering Mirrors in the Shivah Home
by:
Zvi Ron
Letters: Jack Drescher, Ronald Pies, Marshall Forstein, David Wolpe, Aryeh Klapper, Robert Kovacs Letters: Marc B. Shapiro, Daniel S. Berman, Debby Koren and Author's Response
View an abstract of Volume 13 Judaism and Homosexuality:
An Alternate Rabbinic View
by: Chaim Rapoport (first 2 pages)
 
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