Author: Yaakov Menken

Well, the finals are upon us. Cross-Currents, having successfully navigated the first round in all three categories for which we were nominated, is now up in four categories: Best Overall Best Jewish Religion Blog...

Since our upgrade on January 2, the new Akismet spam blocker has prevented over 1000 spams from getting into the moderation queue. That’s in under three weeks. In that time it only let 2...

My correspondent, who pointed out the case going on in California that I wrote about yesterday, sent a new email today: Rabbi Menken, re: Calvary Chapel suit and your C-C post on it, I...

An astute Catholic reader, noting the recent discussion of religion in the schools here, alerted me to another case now going on in California. The University of California, which is that state’s public university...

Mrs. Schmidt’s title is excellent, and I’m glad that she took me to task for not considering the original Hebrew version of the article in question. I agree with most of what Mrs. Schmidt...

The battle certainly isn’t over, as CNN reports that a California high school is the latest to face a lawsuit over Intelligent Design. As it happens, they probably deserve to lose. The teacher is...

While we appreciate your vote in the JIB awards, it’s also a good time to upgrade our look — assuming we’d like to win the Design award, and on merit at that. Maybe Menachem‘s...

Since writing about politics is a good way to get readers, and since I happen to know a thing or two about CAP, I decided to write about this major player in the Samuel...

It seems unfortunate that Sharon’s doctors feel compelled to defend their decision to prescribe blood thinners after his mild stroke. A stroke is caused by a blood clot, thinners prevent clotting, and they had...

I got an update from someone who has known Jack for many years. He is in fact a BT (Baal Teshuva, lit. “Master of Return”), meaning he did not grow up Orthodox. He only...