New Understanding of a Line in Selichos
At several times in the last decades, people posed questions about the propriety of making references to Yerushalayim as a ruin, as if it still showed the signs of the devastation left by the...
Author: Yitzchok Adlerstein
The Pictures of 5775
Accusatory fingers point all over during this season, and some are properly pointed at me. In this season of cheshbon hanefesh, many of us, myself included, spend too much time with the news. While,...
Link to Shloshim for Rabbi Dovid Landesman z”l
Cross-Currents readers who remember the breathtaking honesty of Rabbi Landesman in his guest contributions and his devastating comments might want to join the hundreds of talmidim who will take part digitally in the shloshim...
Good Teshuva Throw-Away Line
My annual Rosh Hashanah shiur is now available for download A bit of review of important themes in the machshavah of Rosh Hashanah. A few new themes developed (Malchus Hashem; why we have festive...
Annual Rosh Hashanah Shiur in Los Angeles
Part of the beauty of our community is the seriousness and earnestness with which people approach a Yom Tov. Committed Jews understand that each holiday season makes different oros available to those who ready...
Free Market Judaism and Conversion Standards
Rabbi Michael Broyde and I have been friends for years, maintaining the relationship despite both of us being cognizant of how often and how much we disagree. I respect and admire how much time...
First Thoughts on OrthoPew
We’ll likely be talking about the new analysis by Pew of the Orthodox community. I read it quickly, and one item caught my eye that has not been over-masticated yet. It lies in the...
The Disappearing Woman – A Collection of Bullet Points
The topic is important enough that elaboration is in order. It will be closer, really, to a summation of some of the points raised in the discussion, plus perhaps one new point not raised...
Rav Dovid Landesman, z”l
With profound sadness I share with the Cross-Currents community news of the untimely petirah, today, erev Shabbos, of Rav Dovid Landesman, z”l. R. Landesman was a veteran mechanech and author on several continents. Cross-Currents...
What Happens When You Mix Yeshiva Guys With Oxford?
It was not the deepest moment at the Tikvah Institue for Yeshiva Men, but it may have been the most revelatory. Roger Scruton, one of the most significant public intellectuals in the UK and...
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