In 1975, Rabbi Emanuel Rackman announced plans to convene a new type of beis din, which would annul marriages of women whose husbands

Each of us seems to feel that he has a pretty solid grasp on the pulse of the frum community, be it in terms

  It has been a long time since I have written about the innovations of the Open Orthodox movement – for good reason, boruch

The Good, The Bad and The Bad It was fairly predictable but also quite unpredictable. This best sums up the findings of the just-released

Last week, I perused a local “heimishe” weekly magazine, which of course focused on the recent elections. Although this magazine’s circulation is assuredly far

The current, seemingly unending coronavirus lockdown continues to bring out the best and the worst in people. Intense manifestations of selflessness and selfishness, of

The coronavirus pandemic has tested us in ways we never could have imagined. We search for explanations, for what COVID-19’s divine message might be,