Word: allowed
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...Since a significant number of the people who attend Shabbat meals believe that [these practices run] counter to Jewish law, and therefore having women lead or turning the soda machines on would exclude them, we do not allow these practices at the current time," he says...
Rosenberg acknowledges that some Jews who would be characterized as "observant" believe that Jewish law does allow both the use of electricity on the Sabbath and women to lead, but says Hillel tries to remain neutral...
...throes of a government policy that for more than 30 years has attempted to keep at least two newspapers in America's major cities. The Hearst Corporation thought it had bypassed the policy last week when it inked a deal to unload its faltering Examiner, a move that would allow it to buy that paper's successful long-time rival, the Chronicle. Those plans were put on hold Thursday when a U.S. district court judge halted the move based on a petition by local political gadfly Clint Reilly, who argued that the subsidized transfer of ownership to Ted Fang...
...traditional record label and a freewheeling, indie-friendly MP3 site. While the music of artists officially signed by the Farm Club will be promoted and marketed by Interscope or another Universal imprint (and given face time on the label's USA Network television show), the website will allow undiscovered bands to upload their songs...
...Geneva encounter with the Syrian leader Sunday, in which he'd hoped he could jump-start a new round of Israel-Syria talks. The President, like many who've tried before, found that the disagreement over the extent of Israeli withdrawal from the Golan Heights remains too fundamental to allow any movement. And while the two neighbors have for 26 years managed to avoid a war despite the absence of such an agreement, the latest impasse, together with the Israeli decision to withdraw from southern Lebanon - a promise that helped Barak get elected - has the potential to spark...