“A Guide to the Complex is, therefore, such a helpful model for what Modern Orthodox halakhah can be….”
A Guide to the Complex is, therefore, such a helpful model for what Modern...
Monthly Archives: December 2014
“Sarah’s story becomes a cautionary tale for us — a tale about the vital need every human being has to feel a sense of weight and gravitas…”
It is not coincidental that while Sarah is the direct object of several verbs...
“Calling all husbands: mikveh night is not only your wife’s ‘thing'”
Calling all husbands: mikveh night is not only your wife’s “thing”. Remember the children’s...
“For Modern Orthodoxy to remain true to its calling, it must advocate for incorporating the values of modernity into a life of Torah and mitzvot, and it must do so while remaining part of the ongoing Orthodox conversation”
Modern Orthodoxy occupies a position as a progressive wing of the Orthodox community. We...
“Halakhah has become another tool in the arsenal of inter-denominal polemics and, even more fiercely, internal Orthodox polemics”
There is, too often, an inverse relationship between the public awareness of a given...
“In preparation for marriage, teach your son that sex is about intimacy and interpersonal communication, not just physical function”
In preparation for marriage, teach your son that sex is about intimacy and interpersonal...
“If civil disobedience was inevitable, I’m glad that activist rabbis were prominent among those arrested, and probably it would have been better had there been Orthodox rabbis among them”
If civil disobedience was inevitable, I’m glad that activist rabbis were prominent among those...
The Food Movement “has ignored the core economic inequities and contradictions embedded in our food system”
The food movement — led by celebrity chefs, advocacy journalists, students and NGOs —...
“Sexual assault may not be perfectly defined even in the law, but that term has always implied involuntary sexual activity…”
Sexual assault may not be perfectly defined even in the law, but that term...
“When it comes to voting, showing people its value is much more powerful than talking about it”
When it comes to voting, showing people its value is much more powerful than...