The Final Moments of the Life of Rav Elchonon Wasserman Hy”d: Eyewitness Accounts An Open Letter From A Son Rav Moshe Mordechai Chodosh Hospitalized Again Chacham Yom Tov Yedid, Zt”l, Eldest Syrian Rav in...
It was only a matter of time until YCT issued a response to the open letter of 11 of its graduates (please also see here), in which these graduates affirmed their belief in Torah...
These guys have guts. They took a principled stand, rejecting many of the messages emanating from Open Orthodox senior leadership, and they valiantly put their beliefs on the table, reaching out to the broad...
When Yair Lapid introduced his measures to nudge the charedi community into the IDF and the work force a few years ago, Cross-Currents readers mixed it up with more gusto than Bernie Sanders supporters...
The death of an old friend always comes hard. The impact is lessened when the march of time long ago sent you in different directions. Why, then, did news of the petirah of Rav...
Rav Shmuel Yerachmiel Kaufman zt”l, Legendary Mechanech of Detroit Rabbi Avrohom Powers z”l Freezer Survivor Known from Arizal’s Mikvah Passes Away An Italian doctor explains “Syndrome K,” the fake disease he invented to save...
With the Democratic and Republican platforms offering more polarized planks on abortion than ever, the issue of “reproductive rights” is, once again, well, birthed into the glare. Also in the limelight of late are...
It’s a truth not universally acknowledged that good can come from bad. As Iyov said, “Who can bring purity from impurity, not the One?” (14:4; see Targum Yonasan). An untruth almost universally asserted is...
On the Tightrope By Alexandra Fleksher On the tightrope, I walk. Slowly, hesitantly, eyes flitting to the left – a distraction. Brief glances to the right – I lose focus. I could very well...
Rabbi Yigal Levenstein, who heads the Bnei David academy in the Israeli town of Eli, made waves several days ago with some public remarks: I said there are red lines and I am not...
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