Author: Avrohom Gordimer

There are compromises that are made in order to securely retain that which is most essential. Such is a pragmatic compromise, and it is manifest by armistice agreements between nations, contract negotiations between employer...

This article first appeared in Times of Israel.  As we know, voters are sick and tired of the “schmutz” (filth) of the present US election. Whereas most of the recent negative personal publicity had...

This article first appeared in Times of Israel. Rabbi Dr. Nathan Lopes Cardozo’s The deliberately flawed divine Torah is by far the most problematic article yet by this writer. Whereas Rabbi Cardozo has written that he...

My “vacation” from writing articles about the issues and controversies of the day has been quite refreshing – and quite educational. I think that I have learned or reviewed more life lessons in the...

After three years of documenting and critiquing various aspects of Open Orthodoxy, I am taking a break. A temporary break, but a break that I have been contemplating for some time. I would like...

Rav Aryeh Finkel zt”l Tens of Thousands Attend Levayah of Harav Finkel, zt”l With a Heart Full of Love 1956 An Unprecedented Gathering in Support of Torah: The Untold Story – What an important video,...

Tisha B’Av is an extremely serious and somber day. It is also a day that we may hope to quickly move past and readily leave behind, as we continue with our summer plans and...

Hagaon Harav Moshe Mordechai Chadash, Zt”l, Rosh Yeshivah, Yeshivas Ohr Elchanan Hagaon Rav Aryeh Finkel zt”l Rebbetzin Shoshana Schechter, A”h, Wife of Chaim Berlin Rosh Yeshiva Rav Aharon Shechter, Shlita Rav Shmuel Naftali Ganger...

Please click here to listen to an extensive interview with Rabbi Asher Lopatin, president of Yeshivat Chovevei Torah, as he discusses the school and the movement it represents. (I was interviewed during the last...

In this week’s installment of News and Essays In and Out of Orthodoxy, I cited a few current news articles about the growth of Lakewood and issues related to it, and I made an observation:...