Thank You, R’ Avrohom
Thank you, R’ Avrohom, for responding to my question. (Hey, we might as well address each other directly, and just let others “listen in,” no?) I understand why you feel that my point #2,...
Reply to Rabbi Avi Shafran – Different Truths and Applications
I thank my very dear friend, Rabbi Avi Shafran, for his response to my recent article, in which I reacted to Rabbi Shafran’s open letter. Before proceeding, I must state that whatever disagreements Rabbi...
Truths Both in Theory and Application
I was gratified to see my good friend Rabbi Avrohom Gordimer — whose writings have always made me thankful for his pen — address the “Open Letter” that a handful of people, myself included,...
Response to An Open Letter – Yes, But…
Earlier this week, a small group of public figures from our community, several of whom I consider very dear friends, posted An Open Letter in which they articulated their concern over the current political...
You May Be a Frum Boomer…
If you remember Tisha B’Av afternoon as the time that the standard fare was a shiur in the gemara of Kamtza and Bar Kamtza. No more. Today, it is our national movie day. I’m...
An Open Letter
Sinai, Not Washington An Open Letter to the Torah Community The unhealthy confusion of Torah values with politics brings disrepute to Torah and harm to Torah Jews. No party platform can substitute for our...
A Personal Note
Dear Cross-Currents Readers, I have been posting weekly columns here for several years, recently, reprinted from Hamodia and, more recently still, self-published. My column is now appearing in Ami Magazine, and my agreement with...
COVID-19 Extremes – Too Much of a Good Thing?
Anyone who has observed me these past five months through the present knows that I adhere to COVID-19 precautions with utmost seriousness. I wear a mask everywhere, shun crowds, and have quite often walked...
My Apology to the Old ACLU
In 1977 an American neo-Nazi group sought to march through the predominantly-Jewish Chicago suburb of Skokie. They were denied a permit by the local officials, in part because many Skokie residents at the time were families of Holocaust survivors.
Rav Soloveitchik zt”l – The Appointment of Yehoshua
Please tune in to this terrific derasha from the Rav, released last week, in which the Rav vividly and animatedly explicates concepts of Mesorah that are at times largely absent from the discussion. (Please...