Fiddling For Open Access Bathrooms?
The tune that Nero fiddled while Rome burned was a sprightly, engaging one, I always imagined. Something upbeat and distracting, that took little effort to offer pleasure. Like many others, I have a harder...
The Other Orthodox Women in the Crowd
By Alexandra Fleksher In his latest Voice in the Crowd column entitled “In Her Place”, Sruli Besser does what no other chareidi columnist has done before: he recognizes how it must feel for Orthodox...
The Terminology of Terrorism
The June 19 attack in London, in which a man plowed his van into a crowd of Muslim worshippers exiting a mosque, killing one and injuring 10, was no less heinous than attacks by...
A Quick Response To Chillul Hashem
The statement by the Lakewood Vaad came quickly, and expressed succinctly and effectively what had to be said. “We are saddened beyond words by the arrests of seven couples in our town. As firm...
The Kosel Compromise and the Conversion Bill – Some Final Thoughts
Although my thoughts on the apparent collapse of the Western Wall Compromise Plan are all pretty much contained here (along with a link to Rabbi Wein’s important article about the Conversion Bill – please read...
Heterodox Protest Cancellation of Western Wall Compromise Plan: Inappropriate and Insolent
(This article originally appeared on Arutz Sheva.) I, like so many other Orthodox Jews , have a number of non-Orthodox relatives. When attending simchas (festive occasions) of my family, including those which involve synagogue attendance, my non-Orthodox...
A Tale of Two Testimonies
“Gentlemen! Start your engines!” Or, maybe better, “In this corner, heavyweight champion…!” Neither phrase was actually blasted from a loudspeaker on either June 8, when ex-FBI director James Comey testified before the Senate Intelligence...
Another Open Orthodox Rabbi Opens Up to Intermarriage?
It just happened again. Another popular YCT graduate has opened up to intermarriage. In a new article entitled Intermarriage Isn’t Good, or Bad, Rabbi Aaron Potek writes: Will any particular interfaith couple successfully raise...
Science and Scientism
A high school science teacher in Wellston, Ohio was the focus of a front page New York Times story last week. James Sutter was subtly lionized by the report’s writer, who sympathized with the...
Are Some Open Orthodox Rabbis Rethinking Resistance to Intermarriage?
I really can’t believe that I’m writing this. It is not the first time that Open Orthodox rabbis have gotten involved with a non-traditional position on intermarriage (please see here and here). However, the...
