Cheerios Vindicate Ashkenazim!
The custom of avoiding kitniyos (legumes – and others!) on Pesach survived a rocky start, and the smirks of our Sephardic brothers and sisters. Survive it did, and never have so many been so...
Weekly Digest – News and Essays In and Out of Orthodoxy – Chol Ha-Moed Pesach 5776
Rabbi Aaron Stefansky z”l Watch: Early Lakewood Cheder Memories by Rabbi Aron Stefansky z”l How I Survived a Humvee Explosion in Iraq Beis Yitzchak Volume 57 – Just published Passover at Disney World? Why some Jews...
Liberation Theology
In the summer of 1776, Benjamin Franklin proposed that the Great Seal of the United States should depict Moshe Rabbeinu at the Yam Suf, his staff lifted high and the Mitzriyim drowning in the...
Preparing for Pesach Again – Thank God
As we head into the final stretches of Pesach preparation, we anticipate the tension increasing: so much to do, so little time to do it, and to squeeze it all into very set time frames –...
Rabbi Pruzansky, JOFA, And Free Speech
JOFA’s distortions of Rabbi Pruzansky’s words, and attempts to silence him, draw upon tactics reminiscent of the Soviet era.
Elliot Abrams Wants You To Invite Bernie To Your Seder
We get so caught up in the details of the seder that we can lose sight of its broader importance. When we gather bezras Hashem this Friday night, we will all orchestrate different types...
Weekly Digest – News and Essays In and Out of Orthodoxy – Week of Erev Pesach 5776
Why Is This Matzo Different From All Other Matzos? An unintended side effect of kosher law: better tasting food. OU KOSHER ANSWERS YOUR TOP TEN PESACH FAQS OU KOSHER COMES TO YOUR RESCUE DURING PRE-PASSOVER BUSY SEASON...
Researching an Article on Family Estrangement
by Bayla Sheva Brenner I am conducting research for an article to be featured in an upcoming issue of Jewish Action magazine (the OU’s quarterly publication) on family estrangement – parent and adult child,...
Routing Rote
“Please don’t bring your toys into my kitchen, young lady!” the busy mother warned her loaded-up little daughter. The child’s response: “Well, it’s MY kitchen too!” Her parents had a good laugh over that...
The Cowardly Smear Campaign Against Rabbi Pruzansky
I am not defending the substance of his essays (here and here). For all I know, he could be dead wrong on every point, even though his presentation was based on studies and analyses...