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 coronavirus pandemic has been profoundly nightmarish in countless ways. We lost numerous dear members of acheinu Bnei Yisroel, our mosdos Torah utefillah were
The current, seemingly unending coronavirus lockdown continues to bring out the best and the worst in people. Intense manifestations of selflessness and selfishness, of
Last week, in an unprecedented move, Young Israel of Toco Hills, an Atlanta congregation, announced that it was disaffiliating with National Council of Young
In a document that was just obtained and leaked by ITIM, the pluralistic Yerushalayim-based organization whose purported goal is to assure fair treatment by
It was June 2009, and Rabbi Avi Weiss, along with Bar-Ilan University Professor Daniel Sperber, had just conferred upon Sara Hurwitz the title “Maharat,”
