Emes Ve-Emunah

Professor Cohen's quotes statistics proving Reform & Conservative Judaism are in free fall.

But the real culprit is William Schabas, who by comparison makes Richard Goldstone look like a saint

I would have been much happier if had chosen her on the basis of her qualifications, judicial temperament, and pristine character. Which she clearly has in spades.

It seems like now more than ever Frumkeit has replaced sincerity as the primary focus of the right.

The record number of kipa-wearing Jews in the new Knesset surely shows that secular Jews do not really hate religious Jews.

Although I allow people to post anonymously (albeit with at least an alias) I would prefer that people stand by their words and not be afraid of them.

The extreme emphasis on tznius (modesty) has even led to husbands and wives being buried in separate locations.

Please, Ribbono shel Olam, no more children or soldiers be called to join the holy minyan in Heaven.

I don’t know what it is that turns good people into crooks.

12 months ago, 27 year old US Army Sgt Jordan Adams suffered a traumatic brain injury

Most Mechanchim currently struggle on the salaries they are paid. How should the Torah world address this shameful situation?

As events over the last couple of weeks amply demonstrate, the status quo isn’t working out either

There are others on Biden’s foreign policy team that also hostile to Israel.

Rabbi Pirutinsky discussed the issue of 'metzizah b'peh' at length, concluding that if medical experts determine that there is a danger to the child, metzizah should be performed by other legitimate methods.

There are always people who in cases like this will cast the victim as a provocateur.

Responsible Jewish outreach encourages BTs to retain and to enhance their relationship with parents

"I am 100% convinced that she is not in any way anti-Semitic. She is in fact a philo-Semite"

Many of my critics ask me why I don’t focus on the problems in the Modern Orthodox community.

How can a Charedi family survive when they are spending $800 more per month than they earn?

There are encouraging reports of increased enrollment in Charedi army and educational programs

The Hareidi paper HaMevaser wanted to have their cake and eat it too: use the photo; lose the women

How do we educate parents to take their Judaism more seriously and with more enthusiasm so that they can pass that on to their children?

The highlight of the evening was a brief but inspiring video of the history of Daf Yomi from its inception at the first Agudah convention via until the present. Over all, The Siyum was a job well done I thought. At least here in Chicago.

Making gay marriage not just value neutral but something positive. It is in effect koshering a forbidden lifestyle.

When journalists question why a black woman won a beauty contest - even if it is disguised as referring only to this particular black woman - I think that is sad.

He has taught his Chasidim that one of the worst sins a Jew can do is inform on a fellow Jew to the government.

They can say it is only the hooligans and that every society has hooligans. I don't believe them.

It is one thing to reside in the left wing of Orthodoxy. It’s another to cross lines that virtually all other segments of Orthodoxy said should never have been crossed.

In his new book Movers and Shakers, Elliot Resnick was able to capture the essence of each of his subjects.

We need both armies of Israel: the spiritual one, the Yeshiva world, and the physical one, the IDF.