Daas Torah - Issues of Jewish Identity

Yehoshua wrote: I just received this letter from Kol Yaakov yeshiva. It is postmarked January 28, 2010 and the letter itself is dated Jan...

5Towns Jewish Times On January 21, 10 Rabbi Dovid Ribiat released an interview regarding the Tropper scandal. His remarks generated a lot o...

The National  Nazareth, Israel  The Israeli government is reported to have quietly approved the fast-track immigration of 7,000 members o...

NYTimes It all began with a stop at a red light. Kevin Salwen, a writer and entrepreneur in Atlanta, was driving his 14-year-old daughter, H...

The tropper/EJF scandal has entered a new phase. 1) Originally when the tapes were released and tropper immediately resigned there were...

Five Town Jewish Times    I was requested to make this a separate post but see original post see Tropper scandal is this what Lakewood is...

Anchorage Daily News The Catholic Diocese of Fairbanks is emerging from bankruptcy under a plan that will provide nearly $10 million -- and ...

5towns Jewish Times Rabbi Moshe Feinstein zatzal once wrote of the horrific repercussions of lying. Aside from the issues and Torah viola...

sb's  comment  " World of Geirim - IV Seeing both sides ": DT: "Before addressing your other points could you explain...

There has been much heat and debate which seems to be primarily the result of differing assumptions of what the obligation of a Jew towards...

A true chasidic tale: My chavursa studied karate in a program run  by one of those proverbial oriental masters. He learned all the kicks and...

JPOST On Tuesday, the National Planning Council subcommittee responsible for general planning principles recommended that the National P...