Welcome Words From a Spiritual Giant
It has been over thirty years since I met Yaakov Katz, and I’ve regretted ever since that I have not had an opportunity to stay in touch with him. Ketzalah, as everyone calls him,...
Fighting Yesterday’s Battle – A View from the Beit Shemesh Front Lines
by Dov Krulwich On September 6 I became an activist. Parents at the Orot school in Beit Shemesh were complaining about Chareidi zealots demonstrating against the school, and commenting that their kids were afraid....
Of Fault Lines and Forgery
Many people, myself included, believe that the fallout from Beit Shemesh and Kikar Shabbos will have a longer half-life than others suppose. One item to keep an eye on is the fault line that...
A Response to Ami Magazine from Beit Shemesh
by Etana Hecht [Editor’s Note: Contributing to this blog, I know full well that editors must sometimes – often – pull the plug on discussion after fruitful exchange gets to the point of diminishing...
Quiet Gadlus
When R Aaron Lopiansky shared a moving story with his fellow advisory board members at Klal Perspectives (unvarnished plug!), I asked him for permission to publish on Cross-Currents. I am happy that he granted...
Another Point of View
Call it nepotism, if you wish. I am partial to my very extended family, which includes the people who frequented our Shabbos table for years. Even though he takes issue with some of what...
Blind Faith and Physics
A recent essay by an award-winning scientist presents a remarkable, and remarkably revealing, picture of current scientific thought about the nature of the universe. The delightfully named Alan P. Lightman, an MIT professor a...
Two Ways To Help
Here are two ways in which people are addressing the horrible images of recent events that we are still haunted by. One is an opportunity to speak out; the other deals with one of...
Hi, Yankel
Just when I thought I was going to have to spend time taking issue with what others have written on these pages, Rabbi Ron Yitzchok Eisenman, Rav of Cong. Ahavas Israel in Passaic NJ...
Responses to Charedi Spring, Continued
“There is just so much good coming from that community” I’m wondering if you can list some- especially of the type that comes from them as Charedim (i.e., if the State does the same...