Daas Torah - Issues of Jewish Identity

It is not for plain, simple, members of the community to publicly question the religious rulings of the Rabbis of congregations. The role...

update: Those who signed were told that it was a private show of support for Rav Kaminetsky and that it would not be made public. The ori...

Nathan Lewin is a very smart lawyer - but in his continued defense of the Epstein Torture gang he is showing he knows nothing about eleme...

update: added comment about violation of Shulchan Aruch with their continued silence This is the first response to my request for a de...

Times of Israel This year, it became clear that the  rabbis who understand the crucial need to solve the ‘Agunah Crisis’, which lea...

Guest Post by Rabbi Shlomo Pollak The Daas Zekeinim Mibaalei Tosfus, in Parshas Vayechi, discusses two reasons Yaakov Aveinu did...

 Guest Post by Allan Katz    A central theme in the parasha is Pharaoh's refusal to set free the Israelites despite him and his peopl...

We periodically get into discussion - sometimes heated - about man's rationality being subordinate to the Torah. I just came across a n...

NY Times    THIS week, Bill Cosby was charged with three counts of aggravated indecent assault. The felony charges stemmed from an in...

Steipler (Letters #10): Question : Concerning a person who suffers from severe depression who has tried to commit suicide. Answer . Perh...

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NY Times  SEE Tablet Mag Part II In his home office overlooking Monterey Bay, Marc Gafni is trying to remake American spirituality. H...

CBS News The University of Hawaii didn't violate First Amendment rights when it denied a teaching certificate for a Caltech-educat...