Beyond Faded Eyeliner
By Alexandra Fleksher The latest flurry of articles and social media discussions about how women celebrate Simchas Torah made me think about my own relationship to the holiday. Simchas Torah was the most meaningful...
The OU’s “Woman Clergy” Challenge
An article of mine about the Orthodox Union’s quandary over how to deal with member-congregations with women clergy can be read here.
Poverty and Plenty in the Orthodox World
An article I wrote about poverty and plenty in the Orthodox Jewish world appears in the Forward, and can be read here.
Truth Gone Missing
It made many people very happy. Especially dentists. “It” being the report widely circulated over recent weeks that an ice cream breakfast will make you smarter. The claim first appeared on a Japanese news...
Religious Pluralism Would Spell Disaster for Israel
An article of mine in the Forward that takes issue with Reform Rabbi Rick Jacobs’ claim that the majority of American Jews support the import of “Jewish religious pluralism” to Israel, and which explains why Orthodox...
Bury the Horse!
Sigh. This is getting tiresome. The horse is decaying and in need of swift burial. Any readers still following the Menken/Shafran debate are urged by both protagonists to carefully read the relevant materials cited...
Finding the Truth
A piskah tovah to all! I, too, will keep this brief. The truth to which I referred was the following: The truth is exactly as Rabbi Shafran said most recently: “Torah Jews are perceived,...
And Nothing But the Truth
Well, it’s after Yom Kippur – and a gutteh kvittel to all! – so I can continue my public discussion with Rabbi Menken, but this time, I’ll be brief. I’m not sure how the...
Definitely True!
I am genuinely delighted that Rabbi Shafran has posted yet again, not least of all because it proves I’m not alone in going at it until we finish the job.
The Mandate We Both Ultimately Embrace
In his latest installment of our discussion of political partisanship (we should take this show on the road!), Rabbi Menken asserts several things worthy of responses. For starters, he expresses doubt over why President...