Tag: YCT
Steinberg’s Gay-Straight Agenda Taking JOFA to Unexpected Places
There is no such thing as a homosexual person, man or woman, in halacha. There are only homosexual acts.
Open-Ended Orthodoxy
The question that I always have for those who are not invested in the revelation at Sinai is, why keep these 613 mitzvot?
YCT, Heterodoxy, and Agudah
It is a fact that heterodoxy is no longer the threat to Orthodoxy it once was – if at all.
Can a ‘Lefty’ Rabbi Save Yeshivat Chovevei Torah?
Rabbi Asher Lopatin, who will succeed Rabbi Avi Weiss as head of YCT, is most definitely on the left side of the Orthodox spectrum. Nevertheless he can keep YCT from sliding too far to the left and cross the line of Orthodoxy. YCT founder Rabbi Avi Weiss candidly admitted that he has parted ways with his Rebbe on the approach to these issues. And he has incorporated it into the philosophy of his Yeshiva.
Letters To The Editor
Bracelet FoundA multi-strand pearl bracelet was found on Sunday, May 28, on Central Avenue in the Five Towns. If anyone has any information regarding...
Letters To The Editor
Rush To Judgment? I was disappointed by Dov Hikind's op-ed article on the Boro Park disturbance ("Boro Park's Night of Shame and Disgrace," April...