Touring Israel With The Museum of the Bible
Surprise is an oxymoron in Israel. The sheer delight of new discovery is totally predictable. And so it was in my just completed six days with the Museum of the Bible (MOTB) tour. Some...
Category: Judaism
Weekly Digest – News and Essays In and Out of Orthodoxy – Week of Parshas Vayikra 5776
Chief Rabbi: “It Is Proper To Eliminate Terrorists” The Dzikover Rebbe, Rav Yechezkel Eliyahu Horowitz zt”l The Nazi’s Table: A mother leaves Prague in a cattle car; her son returns as a Sabbath-observant, US ambassador....
Why Seminary Still Makes Sense
In a recent piece on Matzav.com, Rabbi Yitschak Rudomin discusses “Sending Girls to Seminaries and the Shidduch Crisis” and asks: “who are the American boys supposed to marry at 21 if all the good American...
Handling Success With Care
Back in 1941 (no, I don’t remember it personally, but it’s documented), there was an American Jewish establishment group called the “Joint Boycott Council.” It objected vehemently to Agudath Israel of America’s policy of...
The Upcoming Ordination Imbroglio
I avoided it as much as possible. I found every excuse to delay it. I did not want more controversy. I did not want to make people feel uncomfortable, nor to have to field...
The Conservative Movement: The Masorti Movement that Isn’t
The Conservative movement has reached a point of no return in the USA. While its members reject opportunities for deeper involvement and are leaving, this is not the time for its inaptly named Israeli branch to demand recognition in that country.
Rome Travelogue2
The Roman Jewish community dates back over 2100 years, which means that it is neither Ashkenazic nor Sephardic, since it predates most of that split. Even before a papal bull herded Jews into a...
Weekly Digest – News and Essays In and Out of Orthodoxy – Week of Parshas Pekudei 5776
Simchas Hachayim – A superlative shiur by Rav Aharon Kahn, shlita. Proud of Our Mission Chief Rabbinate to offer own plan for egalitarian prayer at Western Wall Netanyahu ‘committed to government decision’ on Western...
Rome Travelogue
They told me that Rome would be Jewishly disappointing. Friends who had been there said that Florence was the Jewish destination. Rome’s charm was all in old churches, which hardly touch Jewish heartstrings. So...
Voting Advice
Few things outrage people as greatly as the suggestion that their vote doesn’t really make a difference. “Your vote counts!” is, after all, the essence of Civics 101. And yet it is the most...
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