The New York Times surprised many readers on February 20, when it published a human-interest story about a weekly tennis game among three rabbis and
When I was a non-religious teenager exploring Orthodoxy, I was looking for something different. I had no need for a religion that supported the values
The recent frenzy over the billion dollar-plus Powerball prize raises a serious question about the halachic and moral viability of lotteries. There is more to
Some years, my busy season intersects with Chanukah and I cannot get home from work until very late. On those nights, my family lights the
Jonathan Pollard is scheduled this week for release after spending 30 years in prison. He was sentenced to life in prison after pleading guilty to
The classic work “Chafetz Chaim” on the laws of lashon hara, damaging language, was written well over a century ago. In the intervening years, the
I often hear complaints that the Jewish community does not discuss the big questions of life. “Big Questions” address all-important issues of purpose: who we
Ideas are important, especially when put into practice. Legal theories can change the world. Debates over legal theories can impact the community and well beyond,
Recent news in Israel fails to shock Americans, even though it is rocking Israeli Religious Zionism to its core. A number of leading rabbis announced
From the Orthodox Jewish perspective, history is a means to an end rather than a goal in itself. There is no similar concept to Torah
The Orthodox Jewish community is currently experiencing a devastating lack of confidence in its leadership. The seemingly ceaseless scandal after scandal, headline after headline, have
Modern Orthodox Jews are rightly confounded in finding the correct response to the recent Supreme Court decision affirming gay marriage as a constitutional right. The
