Rav Avrohom Powers, z”l
The death of an old friend always comes hard. The impact is lessened when the march of time long ago sent you in different directions. Why, then, did news of the petirah of Rav...
News and Essays In and Out of Orthodoxy – Parshas Pinchas 5776
Rav Shmuel Yerachmiel Kaufman zt”l, Legendary Mechanech of Detroit Rabbi Avrohom Powers z”l Freezer Survivor Known from Arizal’s Mikvah Passes Away An Italian doctor explains “Syndrome K,” the fake disease he invented to save...
Abortion Distortion
With the Democratic and Republican platforms offering more polarized planks on abortion than ever, the issue of “reproductive rights” is, once again, well, birthed into the glare. Also in the limelight of late are...
Shock Treatment
It’s a truth not universally acknowledged that good can come from bad. As Iyov said, “Who can bring purity from impurity, not the One?” (14:4; see Targum Yonasan). An untruth almost universally asserted is...
On the Tightrope
On the Tightrope By Alexandra Fleksher On the tightrope, I walk. Slowly, hesitantly, eyes flitting to the left – a distraction. Brief glances to the right – I lose focus. I could very well...
Criticizing Rabbi Levenstein
Rabbi Yigal Levenstein, who heads the Bnei David academy in the Israeli town of Eli, made waves several days ago with some public remarks: I said there are red lines and I am not...
Be Careful With Your Words
As the American Jewish news cycle turns toward the alleged bullying of Rabbi Haskel Lookstein out of delivering the invocation at the Republican National Convention, we should perhaps shift the focus of the news...
Postscript to the Conversion Controversy
Listening to the buzz about the conversion kerfuffle last week, one would think that breaking the back of the Israeli rabbinate will becalm the angst of past converts unsure of their status, ensure equitable...
News and Essays In and Out of Orthodoxy – Parshas Balak 5776
Take Rabbi Lichtenstein’s legacy at full depth When the Victims of Terror Are Not Jews Binyamina Rebbe laid to rest in Har Hamenuchot Western Wall Negotiating Team Tells PM Netanyahu: Legal Action Is At...