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In this week’s Torah portion, Naso, we receive two new laws. First, is the law of Sotah, a process in which women accused of adultery are given a special water that will prove whether they are innocent or guilty, then the Nazirite, someone who has taken a special oath to not drink alcohol, cut…
You’ve seen the Maccabeats. Now, get ready for NCSY. [MyNCSY] Do you cheat on tests? Do your professors care? [HuffPo] Here’s a funny take on US priorities in the Middle East post-WikiLeaks. [Mere Rhetoric] A court acquitted the Israeli police who took out an American student’s eye during a protest. [Vos Iz Neias] YU has…
Jewish students are now protected under a law banning racial or ethnic harassment on campus. But will this serve to lessen anti-Semitism, or will it gag speech critical of Israel? [Forward] In the Israeli secular university students’ protests over stipends for Haredi yeshiva students, the country’s chief rabbi sides with… the secular students. [JTA] [JPost] Not all…