Daas Torah - Issues of Jewish Identity

CNN   by Stephen Prothero, a Boston University religion scholar and author of " The American Bible: How Our Words Unite, Divide, and...

Scientific America n   Another day, another story. Again I’m out of town to give a talk, and an acquaintance and I are borrowing someone...

YNet     The Haifa Magistrates' Court approved on Sunday a plea bargain in the case of a teacher from north Israel who confesse...

TJC Update, 1:00 PM: Broyde has written a letter admitting to having created the character, and apologizing for it .]  A leading Orthod...

YNet   An overwhelming 110 members of the Jordanian House of Representatives signed a petition demanding a pardon for a Jordanian sol...

YNet    Satmar Rebbe Aaron Teitelbaum this week lashed out at attempts to draft yeshiva students and advance an equal share of the bur...

NY Times    But his success until then underscores how private contractors have taken advantage of this generously financed but poorly reg...

In light of the discussion regarding Eiruvin (22a)  that a talmid chachom must be insensitive to his own needs and that  of his famil...

Rav Sternbuch has been visiting Tzfas for a few days. Someone who just visited him told me that Rav Sternbuch was very upset with the med...

CNN    Editor's note: The content of this story may disturb some readers. update 4/9/13 JPost is reporting that the initial repo...

This describes all the disturbing details regarding the recent meat scandal in Los Angels prior to the store being sold. The article clea...

Times of Israel    In a landmark decision, the Supreme Court ruled that husbands who refuse to grant a bill of divorce to their wives ca...

JPost    Gilles Bernheim, the grand rabbi of France, refused to quit on Tuesday despite admitting to several counts of plagiarism and to d...

 Guest post by Yehuda Z. It is customary during Sefiras HaOmer and the 3 weeks to refrain from listening to music. In addition, the prohib...