A reader writes: The topic you broached, the disengagement plan, will be the subject of of a conference at Bar Ilan Univ. on Tuesday (23 bTevet). �The Disangagement Plan: Democracy versus Halakha?� (4-8 pm,...

My good friend Moshe Koppel, a professor of computer science at Bar Ilan University, just called to tell me that it is a serious mistake to shut off reader comments. I had already reached...

The two of you just staged this, in order to make it look like the Orthodox aren�t quite as monolithic as people were led to believe. Right? Monolithic, Menken? Monolithic?!? Are you mad? My...

As best I can tell, my post had absolutely nothing to do with your response, YA. But let’s address your issue: In every policy discussion, the disingenuous (but often effective) way to ignore the...

The two of you just staged this, in order to make it look like the Orthodox aren’t quite as monolithic as people were led to believe. Right? My suspicion is you’re both totally in...

What on Earth are you talking about?!? My post was to point out the inconsistency (and liberal nuttiness) of a state (your state) insisting on parental notification before a 17-year old girl goes to...

Harumph! You’ve got it all wrong, Jeff. The problem is not the willingness of the State to fill in where parents are derelict. As observant Jews, we should be the last to rail at...

Kudos to National Review Online’s Kathryn Lopez for catching this cultural highlight: In California, apparently, kids can’t get a tan without parental consent… Abortions, on the other hand…

There’s a developing phenomenon out in the world, which in some ways parallels the “Baal Teshuvah movement” of Jews from non-religious backgrounds rediscovering their Jewish heritage. Groups that apparently have Jewish parentage — however...