Rabbis Reject Falsification of Orthodox Judaism
The Coalition for Jewish Values released a statement renouncing efforts to identify those who endorse deviance from Torah practices as “Orthodox rabbis.”
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Two Encounters With HaRav Dovid Feinstein, zt”l
By Rabbi Akiva Males Klal Yisroel mourns the recent passing of HaRav Dovid Feinstein, zt”l. In his quiet and unassuming manner, Rav Dovid — as he was fondly referred to by so many —...
On the value and futility of protest: Two scandals which rocked secular Israel—how did it happen?
By Dovid Kornreich I want to discuss two recent scandals in Israel which at first, seem entirely unrelated. One is the heart-rending day care scandal reported last month, where a number of female staff...
Not from the Philadelphia I Know
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My Apology to the Old ACLU
In 1977 an American neo-Nazi group sought to march through the predominantly-Jewish Chicago suburb of Skokie. They were denied a permit by the local officials, in part because many Skokie residents at the time were families of Holocaust survivors.
The Mashgiach on Solitude
by Rabbi Shaya Karlinsky We are experiencing an unprecedented disruption of the normal functioning of the entire world. Many people have tried to explain the message Hashem is sending us, encouraging us to be...
All Shabbos, All the Time
This crisis gives us Shabbat all week long. We are home, with our spouses, our children. We spend time trying to work remotely but then we have to get back to real work… We have to deal with our family.
The Small, Soft Sound of Teshuvah
Today’s young people are different. They do search for meaning and depth, but not in unconventional places or with charismatic spiritualists. They do so while enduring a roller coaster of highs and lows, aliyos and yeridos, moments of deep inspiration mixed with a lot of self doubt.
Rav Chaim Malinowitz, z”l
by Natan Slifkin [Editor’s Note: The shock has not yet passed. I knew R. Malinowitz when he lived in Monsey. One of my mentors in halacha, the head of an important beis din, sent...
The First Modern Orthodox Jew: Two Models
By Steven Pruzansky Amid all the discussions about Modern Orthodoxy, its past, present and future, it is perhaps helpful to look at two different paradigms into which Modern Orthodoxy currently divides itself: one positive,...
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