Peter Beinart’s Orthophobia
Below is my original draft of a piece I wrote for Forward. The article as it appeared there, though, was substantially edited, and several sentences that I think are important were omitted. So I...
Category: Religion
Agudath Israel of America: “Jewish Pluralism” Undermines True Jewish Unity
In advance of Israeli President Reuven Rivlin’s address to the Jewish Federations of North America’s General Assembly, that group passed a resolution on “Jewish pluralism” in Israel, opposing a bill to enshrine a single...
The Price of Tea in Uzbekistan
As commuters made their way home from lower Manhattan last Tuesday evening, the police presence was strong, complete with heavily armed officers, helicopters and dogs. At that point, no one knew if the man...
The Pitfall of “Orthopraxy”
Amid the abundance of good Jewish writing these days, it would be a challenge to declare any single article particularly outstanding. But a remarkable recently published essay merits such a distinction. And it was...
The OU’s “Woman Clergy” Challenge
An article of mine about the Orthodox Union’s quandary over how to deal with member-congregations with women clergy can be read here.
Poverty and Plenty in the Orthodox World
An article I wrote about poverty and plenty in the Orthodox Jewish world appears in the Forward, and can be read here.
Truth Gone Missing
It made many people very happy. Especially dentists. “It” being the report widely circulated over recent weeks that an ice cream breakfast will make you smarter. The claim first appeared on a Japanese news...
Religious Pluralism Would Spell Disaster for Israel
An article of mine in the Forward that takes issue with Reform Rabbi Rick Jacobs’ claim that the majority of American Jews support the import of “Jewish religious pluralism” to Israel, and which explains why Orthodox...
Bury the Horse!
Sigh. This is getting tiresome. The horse is decaying and in need of swift burial. Any readers still following the Menken/Shafran debate are urged by both protagonists to carefully read the relevant materials cited...
And Nothing But the Truth
Well, it’s after Yom Kippur – and a gutteh kvittel to all! – so I can continue my public discussion with Rabbi Menken, but this time, I’ll be brief. I’m not sure how the...
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