Opinion
“Why is this night not like all other nights?” we ask ourselves at the Seder each year. I answer that…
Our communities have been dumbstruck by what feels like an onslaught of rabbinic scandals . . . Are there any…
Some months ago, inside the entrance of a small museum in a non-Orthodox synagogue in the center of London, I…
Go figure. Maybe it’s because I taught math for over forty years that numbers permeate my life. It’s always been…
Attending a halachah seminar for women at a prominent Orthodox institution several years ago, I found myself—along with two others—cast…
I bought couches. They are beige, with button detail on the sides and dark wood trim. I bought a variety…
About a decade ago, a short time after I arrived in Oak Park, Michigan, I visited a doctor for a…
Like many contemporary Jews, I approach Tishah B’Av with difficulty. Not because of the myriad restrictions in the Three Weeks,…
About a year ago, my life changed. Shockingly, my kids weren’t babies anymore, and I went back to work. Well,…
It began with a text message. Rav [Dovid] Stav* wants you to call him. I called. “There’s a young [secular]…
By Yamin Levy It’s been a quarter of a century since I joined the rabbinate. I’ve earned my battle stripes,…
