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...
First Thoughts Upon the Passing of Elie Wiesel A Debt of Gratitude After 75 Years Locals absent at ceremony in Poland marking postwar atrocity Canadian PM Justin Trudeau sheds tears on Auschwitz visit A...
I would have resisted the temptation to comment, were it not for an irresistible opportunity to tie it all in to the parsha. We’ve seen a huge debate over the last week or so...
The “Kosel Controversy” – whether “nontraditional” prayer services should be accommodated at the Kosel Maaravi – blazes on, fanned by the winds of politics, courts and “activists.” Respect for the Jewish mesorah at the...
In a new twist on the old “Jews to the back of the bus” routine, Donniel Hartman, president of the Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem, wants the Jewish G-d to take a back seat...
This article originally appeared in Times of Israel. The art of deflection and of evading reply to the substance of the argument is not limited to the discourse in the current US Presidential campaign....
Editor: Gary Rosenblatt asserts that, as per the headline over his recent June 17 essay, “Ruth’s Conversion Would Be Rejected Today” by the Israeli rabbinate. The Jewish religious tradition, however, sees precisely in the...
Rabbi David Rosenthal has done that which few others can do when dealing with a lightning rod issue. Whereas most naturally engage in polemics from the bottom up, reacting critically or harshly defending (albeit...
Somewhere on earth there may be a more fractious, violent, convulsed and combative place than the Iraqi city of Fallujah, west of Baghdad. But it’s not likely. Currently, Fallujah is in the news because...
Harav Moshe Schwab, zt”l Guest Blogger: Religious Maturation & Publicly Refining our Theological Positions – A YCT student disavows his previous heretical writings two days before his ordination. Shavuos is Coming! Do I have to...
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