By Mayer Fertig Mayer Fertig, chief communications officer of the Orthodox Union, converses with Allen Fagin, newly named executive vice president and chief professional…
Summer 2014 (5774)
Summertime--The Garden of Eatin’!
Jewish Action won four Simon Rockower Awards for Excellence in Jewish Journalism for work produced in 2013. The prestigious awards, referred to as the “Jewish…
Hebrew: The Great Debate In Rabbi Seth Mandel’s “The Real Story of Hebrew Pronunciation” (spring 2014), he writes, “As with other languages, Hebrew changed over…
In the mikvah’s waiting room, I am engrossed as I watch my dear friend Jenna, clad in a long robe, face the rabbis…
Taking Our Cue from Pew By Steven Weil Not all of the news coming out of the Pew Research Center’s “A Portrait of Jewish…
By Dovid Bashevkin Much attention has been focused on the largely dire implications to be gleaned from the Pew report, which has led to the…
A Synagogue Companion: Insights into the Torah, Haftarot, and Shabbat Morning Prayer Services By Hayyim Angel Institute of Jewish Ideas and Ideals Distributed by Kodesh…
In January, a book launch for Rabbi Menachem Genack’s latest book, Letters to President Clinton: Biblical Lessons on Faith and Leadership, was held at Congregation…
By Jack Wertheimer Lubavitch Chassidism is a movement of many paradoxes. Upon the Rebbe’s passing and with no evident successor in sight, many observers expected…
The Making of a Halachic Decision By Moshe Walter Menucha Publishers Brooklyn, 2013 231 pages How do rabbis decide halachah? To a large degree, it…
