Your recent cover story on Jewish unity (summer 2012) brought to mind a fascinating experience I was privileged to be a part of some years…
Fall 2012 (5773)
Weighing In on Obesity in the Frum Community
As members of the OU in Israel, we await Jewish Action with anticipation. Unfortunately, Dr. Simcha Katz’s article “Supporting the Jewish Homeland” (summer 2012) left…
Addressing Divorce In “The Orthodox Family of the 21st Century” (spring 2012), various challenged populations in the Jewish community were lumped together. As someone who…
As an Orthodox rabbi who works closely with teenagers and their parents, I am pleased that your magazine confronts important issues in our community. In…
I am an artist. Dealing with images is my stock and trade, and I know their value. That is why when I see the glaring…
The ten days between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, the Aseret Yemei Teshuvah, are fraught with tension as we try to focus on teshuvah. But…
Scott Rothstein was a very successful Florida attorney. His law firm, RRA, employed seventy lawyers. He made generous donations to political candidates—on both sides of…
A recent article in the New Yorker discussed the different schools of thought regarding technology available to us today. The “Never-Better” camp believes that with…
Misconception: There is a Talmudic source for the common practice of kissing the mezuzah upon entering and exiting a room. Fact: There is no Talmudic…
Toronto-based accountant Len Goldberg often tells friends and family that he runs a successful “sting operation.” A part-time apiarist for the past twenty-five years, Goldberg…
