by Rabbi Yisrael Rutman Brit Milah (circumcision) is as ancient as Judaism itself. There are only three commandments that derive from the Book of Genesis, and brit milah is one of them (the others are “to be fruitful and multiply,” and the prohibition against eating the gid hanashe, the sinew of the thigh). Its first
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by Rabbi Yisrael Rutman I don’t know whether to call it a trend or an epidemic, but lately there seems to be an unusually high incidence of discussion concerning Jewish intelligence. When Micheal (sic) Ray Richardson, coach of the Albany Patroons in the Continental Basketball Assn., was asked recently by sportswriters about his contract negotiations,
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