Religion
Confronted by the phalanx of questions included in this symposium, I find myself responding instinctively with two reservations. The first…
Misconception: After childbirth, a woman’s husband should bentch Gomel on her behalf. Fact: According to most authorities, a woman after…
Rabbi Hershel Schachter is a rosh kollel in the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary of Yeshiva University’s Marcos and Adina…
Like many contemporary Jews, I approach Tishah B’Av with difficulty. Not because of the myriad restrictions in the Three Weeks,…
In Bernard Malamud’s novel The Natural, an extremely talented ball player, Roy Hobbs, is discovered to have taken a bribe…
In response to the symposium "Sources of Faith" featured in the fall 1992 issue of Jewish Action, Rav Aharon Lichtenstein…
Matzah balls evoke special memories for most people. In our family, everyone’s favorite part of the chicken soup is that…
Misconception: Along with chametz food that one sells to his rabbi, one also sells chametzdik dishes for the duration of…
With supermarket shelves bulging with Passover muffins, Passover granola and even Passover breadsticks, it’s hard to grasp that for much…
A Theological Approach Understanding anti-Semitism—dubbed by historian Robert Wistrich “the longest hatred”1—is far from simple. Entire libraries explore and agonize…
One day, while walking through the Shuk, I had a thought: why can’t the Israeli diet become a model for…
