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A chuppah in the closet

The impending halakhic ruling to allow religious gay men to marry women and have children while not forcing them to keep their homosexuality a secret Read More »

The high cost of Yeshiva Tuition

This is a serious issue in which the author enters light humor into. It is thought provoking and the discussion is already 50 comments long. Read More »

Follow-up on the Issue of Ordaining Women

Pointing out of four different sources of pressure that push toward the ordination (call it what you want) of Orthodox women Read More »

In Search of (Orthodox) Jewish Life Outside of New York

Judah Harris reports on the Orthodox Union's recent emerging communities fair. "I learned a lot during my undergraduate years at Yeshiva University, Read More »

My Inheritance: Reflections on the occasion of my mother’s yartzeit

Recently, I inherited some money from my mother’s estate... As her yartzeit (anniversary of her death) is upon us, I got to thinking about her, as I Read More »

Israel Parade: The Right Priority?

If Jewish or Israel-related organizations, private or non-profit, don’t see their future tied to Jewish education as much as they do to the commercia Read More »

Jacob Harris @ the White House

Jacob Harris reflects on participating in a White House briefing for Jewish social entrepreneurs, facilitated by J Street and Jumpstart. Calling the Read More »

Rav Amar: Strawberries Kosher And May Be Eaten

During a visit to a Hesder Yeshiva in the Yesha town of Karnei Shomron, Chief Rabbi Shlomo Amar gave a shiur on the permissibility of eating strawber Read More »

RCA and its Members to Use New Media to Unite, not Divide

The RCA resolved, as well as its individual members, will not issue negative statements and articles except in cases of the most egregious provocatio Read More »

These Inspectors Stay Out Of The Kitchen

A young rabbi walked into one of Michael Gershkovich’s kosher restaurants on the Upper West Side a few weeks ago, asked for the owner, then began a s Read More »

Romantic Sparks

Increasingly, in virtually all shades of orthodoxy, both men and women are segregated from one another even when it is unwarranted. This separation h Read More »

Chasidim Who Cheat on their Wives

A Charedi friend of mine in New York e-mailed me something very disconcerting earlier today. He had a conversation with a couple of Frum therapists o Read More »

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What is Kavod?

Kavod is Hebrew for "honor." To give something kavod is to give it honor, respect, or 'props.' Read more »

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