Practices

Yesterday I posted Rabbi Avi Shafran’s response to Shmuly Yanklowitz’s response to Rabbi Shafran’s op-ed response to Yanklowitz’s organization’s response ...

On Monday, I wrote about Rabbi Avi Shafran’s op-ed in the Jerusalem Post, which expressed discomfort with those groups calling ...

Last weekend’s Forward noted that Agriprocessors — the kosher slaughterhouse that was raided by federal agents last month — has ...

This week our homepage features articles about what makes meat kosher. But lately, the focus has been on what makes ...

I haven’t seen the Colbert Report in a while. That is a mistake on my part. Shabbat Shalom:

From our friends at Jspot.org: Just in time for Shavuot, Jewish Funds for Justice has released a study guide on ...

Judy Oppenheimer says: Keep that big Jewish Nose! (Forward)World Health Organization estimates 35-40% of Israeli girls 11-16 suffer from an ...

Tomer Kamerling argues that gay pride parades no longer do anything to advance rights of homosexuals in Israel and hence ...

Dear Conservative Movement, It’s been a few months since I’ve had to write you a nasty letter, and I was ...

Judaism may be a religion of action (mitzvot), but speech — words — are, perhaps, considered equally powerful. In the ...