Category: Judaism

As the American Jewish news cycle turns toward the alleged bullying of Rabbi Haskel Lookstein out of delivering the invocation at the Republican National Convention, we should perhaps shift the focus of the news...

Listening to the buzz about the conversion kerfuffle last week, one would think that breaking the back of the Israeli rabbinate will becalm the angst of past converts unsure of their status, ensure equitable...

The chart lists the universities that produced the highest pass rate for those taking CPA exam for the first time. Ostensibly, this reflects both the quality of student an educational experience that positions candidates...

Take Rabbi Lichtenstein’s legacy at full depth When the Victims of Terror Are Not Jews Binyamina Rebbe laid to rest in Har Hamenuchot Western Wall Negotiating Team Tells PM Netanyahu: Legal Action Is At...

In the wake of public discussion regarding R. Haskel Lookstein’s conversions, Ivanka Trump’s halakhic status, demands by so-called “Open Orthodox” rabbis for Israel broadly to recognize their private decentralized conversions, wildcat and other outlier...

First Thoughts Upon the Passing of Elie Wiesel A Debt of Gratitude After 75 Years Locals absent at ceremony in Poland marking postwar atrocity Canadian PM Justin Trudeau sheds tears on Auschwitz visit A...

[Editors’ note: Chazal often spoke of mezigas ha-kos, the practice of diluting their strong wine with water. This first-person report allows us to imagine how Moshiach’s kos will be mixed with the tears of...

I would have resisted the temptation to comment, were it not for an irresistible opportunity to tie it all in to the parsha. We’ve seen a huge debate over the last week or so...