Author: Yitzchok Adlerstein

“The heart wants what the heart wants.” – Woody Allen “The heart has its own rules and ways” – Sheikh Yusef Al-Qaradawi Qaradawi – is an icon in the Muslim world, and a leader...

The modal reaction to those who came in contact with the Kids of Courage (KOC) West Coast Tour last week was one of utter disbelief. Twenty-four participants, all of whom suffer from chronic conditions...

So many people joined the first of our four-part intro to Maharal last week, that it would be insulting to keep referring to them – even playfully – as Dummies. For those who missed...

Darwin was a Brit, after all, so it would be rather rude of Sir Jonathan Sacks not to comment on his 200th birthday. The Chief Rabbi manages to neatly side-step the thicket of arguments...

This may not initially read like a book review, but it is just that. Some older books are so important, that they deserve a bit of contemporary context to remind us how important they...

Not quite. Dummies can’t understand Maharal, and I am notoriously poor at lecturing to intellectually challenged audiences. Still, lot of folks see themselves as dummies when it comes to wading through the works of...

Very few people can take a secular poem and turn it into a successful limud. Most who would try would have little worthwhile to say. They would use the poem as a source only...

Abuse, especially of children, continues to be the elephant in the Orthodox room. The news stories won’t go away. The cynicism won’t go away. The problem won’t go away. While victims cry out for...

Unless you are living under a rock, you realize by now that we are at war. It is not they who are at war – a much beloved they to be sure – but...