“Nothing should scandalize us more than a so-called religious person keeping his wife captive as a means of revenge”
In matters of divorce, my feeling is that when either husband or wife wants...
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“There can be no doubt of the fact that the Sabbath is a, or perhaps the, central institution of biblical and rabbinical religion”
There can be no doubt of the fact that the Sabbath is a, or...
“…it is difficult to accept a haredi message about women’s more private roles when haredi kollel culture means that their women have to take jobs requiring much more exposure to the broader world…”
In general, it is difficult to accept a haredi message about women’s more private...
“The prevalence of “cafeteria Judaism” is part of what frustrates so many Jewish professionals in their search for how to promote a greater interest in Judaism among their constituencies”
The prevalence of “cafeteria Judaism” is part of what frustrates so many Jewish professionals...
“If the heresy hunter argues a point of disputed fact…he or she may ultimately be wrong. No amount of intimidation can change what is true to false”
As a cardinal value of Jewish ethics, humility may be the best antidote to...
“…if the point of all the criticism of Open Orthodoxy is the protection of authentic Judaism by countering the distortions on the left, then shouldn’t the distortions on the right also be countered?”
…if the point of all the criticism of Open Orthodoxy is the protection of...
“Far too many young Jews…are terribly ignorant of even the basics, with little to zero knowledge of Hebrew or of Jewish and Israeli history”
….young Americans need a Jewish education. And here, U.S. Jewish leaders and their organizations...
“The push toward women’s ordination bears the unmistakable hallmarks of the modern progressive paradigm…”
The push toward women’s ordination bears the unmistakable hallmarks of the modern progressive paradigm—a...
“…the question of whether halakhah excludes women from holding specific roles or offices”
…the question of whether halakhah excludes women from holding specific roles or offices. From...
“The once-concentric circles of your Jewish community and your social justice community are now more like Venn diagrams with an ever-receding area of commonality”
We’ve told you that there are organizations where you can find your people, people...