When both my wife and Jonathan Rosenblum think I left room for some serious misunderstanding of my position, I know I’m in trouble.  Allow me to explain what I do and do not believe,...

My daughter was married last week to a fine young man. She is our eldest and she is the first of our children to be married. It is a firm Jewish belief that deceased...

I like the way my brother-in-law, Elie, put this so much, that I’m simply copying and pasting what he said: The annual Jewish/Israeli Blog (“JIB”) awards are now being held, sponsored by the Jerusalem...

If you ask me, they all got it wrong. He did not wear the hat to look more pious. Decades ago, the head of a large group within American Orthodoxy faced extremely serious charges...

As a follow-up to Rabbi Rosenblum’s piece about the Reform convention from Friday, it is worth noting that the resolution on Iraq isn’t merely evidence of a threat to Jewish continuity. It also runs...

The reduction of Judaism to a political position roughly identical with the editorial page of the New York Times constitutes one of the greatest threats to American Jewish continuity. That reductionism was on full...

They’re not saying much about this in the news yet, but apparently family members and political officials are gathering and even planning. Nonetheless (in reply to those who wondered about praying for a miracle)...

Do you think it’s coincidence that Ariel Sharon had a stroke now? Just months after the disengagement? After he gave away part of the Holy Land? No, we know better, it’s no coincidence… OK,...

In the charedi community, it is regarded as pretty much axiomatic that external values are seeping in, and this has led to more troubles for our community — in everything from drugs to divorce....

Last night, I took note of HaAretz’s gratuitous swipe at Kadima, mere minutes after PM Sharon’s cerebral hemorrhage. [Although quick, I don’t think it was nearly as inappropriate for Meir Sheetrit to bring up...