Rabbi Yitzchak Blau just posted a strident critique of my writings about Open Orthodoxy. I had not written about Open Orthodoxy for quite a while, and even when doing so, my articles on the...
We the undersigned, all of us members of the Rabbinical Council of America (RCA), including former RCA officers and executive committee members, decry the violation, by a small number of chaverim, of RCA policy...
I was recently sent this very brief video (please open the link, scroll down and watch the video), which depicts the often ugly and irreversible ramifications of children not getting adequate attention from their parents....
Here are two new articles of mine: Should Leah Forster Be Allowed to Perform in a Kosher Restaurant? Rabbi Cardozo: Your Views Would Destroy Judaism
Every year, we read articles portraying Chanukah as something that it is not. This year is no different, as such an article was prominently posted by Times of Israel as a featured blogpost. Here...
The Rabbanut just released its list of approved batei din in the Diaspora for geirus. The list has some quite obsolete data and some other perhaps unexpected inclusions, but its issuance is an overall...
Rabbi Seth Farber, director of the ITIM organization, has been an outspoken, long-term critic of the Israeli Chief Rabbinate. Please click here to read my response to Rabbi Farber’s new critique of Rabbi David...
Should accused Pittsburgh murderer Robert Bowers be given the death penalty if convicted? Representatives of liberal Jewry have basically responded with a resounding “No”. In a new Washington Post article, two leading Conservative rabbis and...
Here are links to a few recent articles I posted on the Times of Israel blog, in case they might be of interest: Dr. Friedman, Please Don’t Try to Silence the Rabbis or Anyone...
Here are three recent articles, which may be of interest: Rabbi Leiter: The Facts Speak for Themselves Unraveling the Mystery of the Ma’aravis Yorkers – But Are They Kosher? (The original print version is...
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