Yesterday I went to the Supreme Court of Israel with the hope that finally justice would be done and District Court Judge Yosef Shapira’s insulting, ugly, and false judgment against me for copyright infringement (which he called “literary […]
To find a partner in life, to take care of them, put up with them, become one with them during a long, eventful marriage in which both of you are tested to the limits of your being, is […]
In the recent past, such goings-on would have been greeted with violent haredi demonstrations, particularly during the summer months when idle yeshiva boys are traditionally kept busy with such work. Never do I remember more post-election excitement and […]
The time has come for a courageous, widely based consensus of truly pious rabbinical scholars to reassert their leadership in instituting halakhic changes to address the needs crying out to be met in Jewish law and custom of […]
No, 103 years sounds like a good number to me. As Esther’s brother pointed out: “If my sister lives to be 120, that’s about the same number of years she’ll have to live with what he’s done to […]
While Weberman is behind bars, many are still unnamed and continue to destroy the souls of young boys and girls because of a conspiracy of silence surrounding rabbinical sexual misconduct. The case was horrific. A 17-year-old girl from […]
I leave my comfort zone and accept an aliyah for the first time. While the media persistently shout out fear-mongering headlines about the rise of fanaticism among Orthodox Jews, be it Jewish women in burkas, black-suited draft dodgers […]
Do Hindus and Buddhists also have that knot in their stomachs, a mixture of dread and holiday food excesses? Whenever the Jewish New Year approaches, I have to admit, I get really nervous. Yes, there is the groaning […]
Drafting yeshiva boys into the army is good for Israel and good for the Jewish nation. The current unrest over the demand that haredim take their rightful share of the burden of defending the country is probably equal […]