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Expert	Average Ratings	Expertise
Rabbi Barry Dov Lerner U.S. Available View Profile Ask A Question View Past Answers	Knowledgeability 9.85 Clarity of Response 9.75 Politeness 9.95 Response Time(hr) 31.9 --Last 90 Days(hr) 11.7 Total Questions 2209	Write to me with questions about Jewish customs and law, history, philosophy and tradition for answers from a Conservative perspective or conversion. I am a graduate of The Jewish Theological Seminary and a member of the Conservative Rabbinical Assembly. Having served in congregational pulpits since 1970, I now am President of the Foundation For Family Education, Inc. a non-profit educational endeavor. I established it to create new formats of hands-on programs and provide free educational downloads at www.jewishfreeware.org. In addition to general informational questions I welcome your questions about programs for social action, outreach to dual-faith families, inter-faith clergy projects, healing services, education for conversion, adult education for the congregation and the community. If you have questions about Informal and Formal Education I am ready to share my extensive experience with Youth Activities, Camping and Religious School/Hebrew High School on a congregational, community and national/international level.

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Rabbi Barry Dov Lerner

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Write to me with questions about Jewish customs and law, history, philosophy and tradition for answers from a Conservative perspective or conversion. I am a graduate of The Jewish Theological Seminary and a member of the Conservative Rabbinical Assembly. Having served in congregational pulpits since 1970, I now am President of the Foundation For Family Education, Inc. a non-profit educational endeavor. I established it to create new formats of hands-on programs and provide free educational downloads at www.jewishfreeware.org. In addition to general informational questions I welcome your questions about programs for social action, outreach to dual-faith families, inter-faith clergy projects, healing services, education for conversion, adult education for the congregation and the community. If you have questions about Informal and Formal Education I am ready to share my extensive experience with Youth Activities, Camping and Religious School/Hebrew High School on a congregational, community and national/international level.

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Recent Answers

2012-01-23 Suffering:

Dear Michael, Thanks for writing and I am saddened that this is a practical, real issue for you and not just theoretical. First of all, I can't compete with fundamentalist Orthodox theology, nor

2012-01-09 Aliyahs:

Dear David, Thanks for writing. My delay was to do some research. While I cannot find any explicit instruction to deny an aliyah for this reason, it does not mean that - if asked - your Rabbi might

2011-12-20 Black Jews--looking for experts:

Dear TaRessa, Thanks for writing and your compliment about my "expertise" which is unfortunately not accurate or true! I have had a number of experiences, which were positive. If you are asking about

2011-12-16 Isaiah 7:14:

Dear Kevin, Thanks for writing. The most important answer is not one of polemics or apologetics but rather basic Biblical Hebrew - the translation of the word from Isaiah 7:14. Even the Catholic

2011-12-04 blood taboo:

Dear Laurence, I appreciate your gracious reply. There is little I can add. Modern Jews who are not vegetarians are committed in principle to taking the lives of animals as painlessly as possible