O Tempora O Mores
Do not say that earlier days were better than these!
Min haMuvhar
Building an Environmentally Sensitive Religious Community
Building an Environmentally Sensitive Religious Community
Social Change and Halakhic Evolution in American Orthodoxy
Rabbi Dr. Israel Drazin reviews Dr. Chaim Waxman's new book, "Social Change and Halakhic Evolution in American Orthodoxy."
Dating, Self-Disclosure, and Rabbis
In recent months, I have been involved in two divorce matters in which rabbis played a prominent role. In each case, a party informed me how a lack of disclosure of a personality flaw ultimately led to a failed marriage. Unfortunately, in both cases the party who failed to disclose the relevant information was a rabbi. This article will examine whether non-disclosure is a viable option in dating situations.
Does Judaism Have Anything to Say About Democracy? Not Yet!
Our question is surely of great interest to Jews everywhere, but in the State of Israel it has existential force, and must be confronted every day. As we were writing this article, a brouhaha developed over an Arab justice on the Supreme Court who refused to sing Hatikvah at the installation of the new Chief Justice.