
The Agunah Issue
I was heartened to read the letter to the editor by Rabbi Simcha Green about “Agunah Loopholes” (July 28, 2022). The Agunah issue continues to
I was heartened to read the letter to the editor by Rabbi Simcha Green about “Agunah Loopholes” (July 28, 2022). The Agunah issue continues to
Last week I wrote about this 18-year agunah problem with the hope that readers might offer some creative suggestions for a solution and resolution (“Agunah
In last week’s Jewish Link, there was an article about day camp tipping (“A New Approach to Day Camp Tipping?” July 28, 2022). Yehudit Robinson
Many contributors to this newspaper, most recently Rav Judah Mischel in his article “Emancipation” (July 28, 2022), remind us American Jews of “the futility of
When a Jewish husband neglects to give his wife a Jewish divorce when their marriage ends in divorce, this woman becomes an agunah, unable to
There is a critical Democratic primary on August 23, 2022 in New York’s 16th Congressional District, a district which includes Scarsdale, New Rochelle, White Plains
In last week’s Jewish Link, there was an article about the Teaneck Farmers’ Market (“Teaneck Farmers’ Market Is Back and Better Than Ever,” July 21,
I would like to pay tribute to a most skillfully lived life, by René Slotkin (may his memory be a blessing). He had the charisma
It was a bit surprising to see Rabbi Efrem Goldberg fall victim to the rabbinic temptation to bemoan society’s purported moral decay in “America Is
When Rabbi Yehudah Hanasi expressed his opinion in the Talmud and it was not accepted by others, what was his rationale? He addressed the situation
On Shabbat Hagadol, CareOne at Teaneck finally opened their shul for the first time since early March of 2020 under the leadership of their new
A letter was published this past week which argued that the OU statement on the recent Supreme Court decision in Dobbs was factually incorrect (“Check