Partisanship is tearing the Orthodox community apart
Orthodox Jews must set a Torah-based example for all Americans, standing for principles, not parties, and expressing ideas with civility and respect.
My fellow Orthodox Jews: Start fighting for the Uighurs
Concentration camps and genocide. Words that should jarringly resonate in Jewish hearts.
A Supreme Court decision just exposed how liberal Jewish groups abandoned Jewish education
The Anti-Defamation League, a Jewish civil rights organization, eagerly jumped on the liberal bandwagon.
What does Jewish tradition say about tearing down statues? It’s complicated.
So I say, dismantle — lawfully, not by mobs — the granite tributes to those whose fame lies in their championing slavery.
What does Jewish tradition say about ‘Defund the Police’? It’s complicated.
Are people essentially good and in minimal need of law enforcement, or is the idea of our “better angels” a fantasy?
We will cherish our shuls - and the homes that replaced them during this time
What I hope is that when we return to our shuls, we treat them with the full respect due them, as places of prayer and study.
What all the critics of “Unorthodox” are forgetting
Let’s stop pretending that “Unorthodox” is a documentary.
My four-page prize possession: an appreciation of the Novominsker Rebbe
Although he may not have known it, the Rebbe was something of a father figure to me.
The media’s obsession with haredi wrongdoing exposes its bigotry
Haredi communities are by and large following quarantine protocols, But Haredi bashers, as always, see only what they wanted to see.
I’m an Orthodox man forced by coronavirus to pray at home. Will you join me?
Quarantine might offer us Jews, whatever our affiliations, attitudes or levels of observance, an unprecedented opportunity to join together as one.