Daas Torah - Issues of Jewish Identity

I put a poll in the sidebar concerning the issue of the secrecy of the nature of Tamar Epstein's heter and the identify of the poskim...

  NY Times    FOR as long as anyone can remember, upper-caste men in a village here in northern India preyed on young girls. The rapes con...

LA Times When a colleague complained that Rafe Esquith, the most celebrated teacher in Los Angeles, had made a joke about nudity to hi...

Chazal discuss a creature, called the Re'em, that was the size of a mountain.... Was it a very tall animal? or was it actually sh...

Allan Katz The parasha of the Tower of Babel and the subsequent dispersion brings to mind the totalitarian dictatorships and commu...

   Rav Gestetner's Letter Condemning Tamar Epstein's Marriage

guest post Tamar Epstein’s annulment and remarriage, apparently with the support of Rabbi Kamenetsky is consistent with their history...

Wall Street Journal     By Bret Stephens If you’ve been following the news from Israel, you might have the impression that “violence”...

Wall Street Journal Henry Kissinger long ago recognized the problem: a talented vote-getter, surrounded by lawyers, who is overly ris...

Only the New York Times could report the Palestinian drivel with a straight face. Only the NY Times could accompany an article about Pale...

The tragedy of the Tamar Epstein case has becoming apparent for everyone to see. Following her rabbinic mentors she has gotten remarried ...

Just received this and thought it would be of interest  Just wanted to let those who reside in the Holy Land know about this lecture t...

Cross-Currents Dear editor [Cross-Currents], On the advice of my legal counsel I wanted to put you on notice that I will pursue every ...

Guest post I would just like to precede with an analogy to help clarify this issue. If one were to go to a Bais Din with a claim that ...