United Press International reports that the “ultra-Orthodox” (just love that pejorative) are consulting virtual rabbis more than ever. It’s not just the Orthodox — our Ask the Rabbi system fielded thousands of inquiries last...
Rabbi Martin Applebaum, of Synagogue Agudath Achim, has joined the Police department’s chaplain corps. Fewer than 1,000 Jews live in Little Rock, and Applebaum knows of only one Jewish police officer in Little Rock,...
The tag line reads: “Company succumbs to haredi pressure, decides to launch special cellular phone for ultra-orthodox users.” The news? The leading Israeli mobile communications operator, Partner Communications, decided that it wanted to do...
The following is posted by special request, and is most relevant to those in NY, NJ, PA, DE and MD: Dear Rabbonim, I am involved in a Tzedaka organization, Kesser Kavod, based in Lakewood,...
I’m afraid I must disagree with my friend Shira Schmidt and my hero Rabbi Moshe Grylak (in the current issue of Mishpacha) with respect to their analysis of the Danish cartoons. Asking whether free...
According to studies reported in Tuesday’s Washington Post, both mental and physical exercise are good for preserving the health of the brain. A research review published in the journal Psychological Medicine found that people...
A student of the Talmud will often attempt to avoid the frustration of an apparently academic Talmudic dispute by identifying practical legal ramifications. One of the more common areas of Jewish law in which...
Meir Soloveichik is quickly becoming a daring and competent defender of Torah in America’s most difficult forums. I cannot think of anyone else who regularly takes on the hostile skeptics and academicians of the...
Tens of thousands of Moslem rioters around the globe successfully proved the point of the caricature in a Danish paper of Mohammed with a bomb-shaped turban. The “religion of peace” has been seized by...
Jeff Jacoby offers up yet another reason for the anti-Israel bias in the media: they are afraid of Muslim rage. The folks willing to destroy embassies over a few cartoons are certainly happy to...