Avi Shafran

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  • Dec 31, 2024
    The modest but lovely home in Toronto has been sold. My beloved, widowed mother-in-law has moved in with one of her daughters, who lives nearby.  For years, though, when my...
  • Mar 13, 2024
    It’s a perennial but repeatedly back-burnered issue in Israel: Should haredim (often called “ultra-Orthodox Jews”) who are studying religious texts full time be...