What's the Truth about . . . Fasting on Yom Kippur?

  In the years following the Holocaust, survivors were, for the most part, silent about the devastation of European Jewry. Slowly, over time, a trickle…

Counting Israeli Shekels. Photo: Ariel Jerozolimski We all know the old joke: “How do you become a millionaire in Israel? You come with two million!”…

In response to my last column in Jewish Action (“Making Orthodox Life More Affordable,” summer 2011), I received a flood of responses—some critical, others positive—from…

OK, I’ll admit it: Royalty these days is nothing but a puff of smoke and mirrors. But there I was, in the holy city of…

A debate between Rabbis Hillel Goldberg and Michael Broyde Rabbi Hillel Goldberg An exchange between Rabbis Aharon Lichtenstein and Aharon Feldman in the pages of…

Is Orthodoxy Unhealthy? In Rabbi Reuven Spolter’s recent article (“Is Orthodoxy Unhealthy?,” spring 2011), the author points out the ways in which so many of…

Vision and Valor: An Illustrated History of the Talmud By Berel Wein Maggid Books Jerusalem, 2010 255 pages + xiv     The Oral Law…

Rabbi Dr. Aaron Levine, 1946-2011 Photos courtesy of the Levine family In an Orthodox community that has become increasingly fragmented and compartmentalized, Rabbi Dr. Aaron…

Though many weeks have passed since the tragic murder of Leiby Kletzky, a”h, the pain of his loss still haunts us. The Jewish people are…

Every year, as the chazzan starts the first few notes of the special Kaddish for the Yamim Noraim on the first night of Selichot, the…