יום רביעי, י״ט תשרי תשפ״זWednesday, September 30, 2026
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Hebron Day was celebrated in the City of Abraham with festivities and a special conference.
Is it proper to use the title “Rabbi” when referring to someone who received rabbinic ordination from a Reform or Conservative institution?
Should a person who desperately wants to make aliyah do so even if his or her parents object?
When visiting a shiva house, is it appropriate to repeat divrei Torah that seek to explain tragedy or death?
Should one take sides in a family fight? If yes, under what circumstances?
What we have here is a game of "Mexican chicken" to see who blinks first. There cannot really be a viable left-wing/Arab/fake right government – the numbers just aren't there.
An opportunity or a threat?
Some people insist that Hebrew and Lashon HaKodesh are two different languages. Is the assertion correct and is the motivation behind making this assertion commendable?
The days of Sefirat HaOmer are divided into sections of our attributes. We are meant to fix a different aspect of our middot as we count each day.
Yom HaZikaron: On May 8th, 2001, Koby Mandell and Yosef Ish-Ran cut class to explore the canyon near their homes in Tekoa, Israel...
The Jewish community of Hebron mourned Hastings as the representative who wrote a resolution supporting the Jewish connection to the City of Abraham.
Is it appropriate to discuss politics at the Shabbos table?
Is being on time a Jewish value?
The author of the book Ronit Treatman, the daughter of Israeli diplomats who speaks several languages and lives in Philadelphia, was inspired to write the book after she became involved with the Bnei Anousim, the tens of millions of people around the world descended from forcibly converted Spanish and Portuguese Jews through the organization Reconectar.
Is it appropriate to introduce “gimmicks” at the Seder (like 10 toys for the 10 makos) in an effort to make it more fun for children? Or should the Seder be more dignified and formal?
Who will you be having your Seder with this year?
Experts generally support coronavirus vaccination programs, but Daniel said not all scientists do and “the idea of science being settled is a fallacy of what science actually stands for.”
Is listening to rap or heavy metal music appropriate?
In looking up a pasuk online, the first result one gets is usually the King James translation or another Christian translation. Can one use this translation if the pasuk isn’t Isaiah 53:5 or something similar?
When publishing a deceased person’s writings, may one censor a tiny amount of material in order to vastly increase the number of people who will read it and be influenced by the author?
He Might Extinguish It ‘The Best Way of Performing the Mitzvah’ (Pesachim 103b)
The Purim Edition 2021
Should a lawyer defend someone in court whom he thinks is guilty? What if the man is truly despicable (e.g., a child killer)?
Is it safe to hang out with JewishPress.com readers?
Is there anything wrong with taking an animal from the wild and confining it to restricted living quarters. In other words, are zoos “kosher”?
Should a frum Jew believe the sun goes around Earth if the Rambam says it does?
What do our readers think about gun ownership...
Is it important to keep kids (who are old enough to come to shul) at their seats for Kerias HaTorah (as opposed to letting them play outside)?
Is it ever appropriate to get drunk?
The Biden administration has made its agendas clear. Which policy do you look forward to the most?
Should a Jew avoid living in Germany? What about doing business there?
There's something uniquely appropriate about opening a new restaurant in the middle of a lockdown and then calling it Prohibition Pickle
"My husband and I have been volunteering for so long, it has become a part of us and defines who we are as individuals and as a couple."
With interest in Jewish day schools reaching record-breaking highs, outreach organizations like Oorah and CHAZAQ are stepping up to help parents capitalize on the trend.
Should a parent encourage a child who wants to join the U.S. Army?
In retrospect, which group of Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto were correct – those who favored fighting the Nazis or those who opposed doing so?
Should parents name their child after an ancestor if that ancestor's name sounds strange to modern ears (an extreme example would be “Yenta”) and the child may later feel awkward sharing his or her name with others?
The Jewish Press asked numerous prominent people in the Jewish community to share their thoughts in 50 words or less on leaving 2020 and entering 2021.
Is it appropriate to invite yeshiva bachurim to one’s Shabbos table if one has a teenage girl at home?
Is it proper for an ordinary Jew (as opposed to Avraham Avinu, Moshe Rabbeinu, or R’ Levi Yitzchok of Berditchiv) to challenge G-d?
A new Israel Center for Advanced Nuclear Medicine at Sheba Medical Center is being builts thanks to businessman and philanthropist Roman Abramovich.
For several centuries, the term ‘Orthodox Judaism’ has been synonymous with Torah observance – commitment to following the 613 Commandments and Rabbinic enactments as described in our classical sources.
Williamsburg actually seems to have the lowest death rate of any frum neighborhood.
Is it appropriate to read works of fantasy – say, Harry Potter, for example?
Is having a natural birth advisable, inadvisable, or a value-free decision?
Chris Ruddy, CEO and majority owner of Newsmax, told The Jewish Press that he has tried numerous times to get RCN to carry his channel but has not been successful.
What level of priority should a frum Jew give to studying sefarim like Koheles, Shir HaShirim, and Iyov?
Should you give money to a panhandler on the street (or a subways car) if you have no idea if the person really needs it or not (e.g., he may take the money to buy drugs)?
“Until there’s a final decision or a final count, we won’t welcome anyone to office,” Rabbi David Katz said.
A leader in the world of Jewish philanthropy, JCF continues to be the largest and most active Jewish donor advised fund in the country with more than $2 billion in charitable assets under management.
Should you read the Rambam’s Guide for the Perplexed if you aren’t perplexed?
Should a person daven a long Shemoneh Esrei if others around him might consider him arrogant (or holier than thou) as a result?
"This is the daily heroism that is shown by these women, who I am proud to call my fellow EMS responders, my associates, and my friends."
All three are likely to happen, but which will happen first?
“The smell of the apartment can't be described, it was almost tangible,” Bismouth recounted.
So many answers to choose from
If it looks like a witch-hunt, swims like a witch-hunt, and quacks like a witch-hunt, then it’s probably a witch-hunt.
Is it okay for a young man to leave his parents’ mesorah and join another (e.g., for a chassid to become yeshivish, for a dati le’umi/Modern Orthodox Jew to become black-hat, etc.)?
The planes flew over Poriah, Hadassah Ein Kerem, Hillel Yaffe and Laniado hospitals, and later over the beaches of Herzliya, Tel Aviv and Ashdod.
Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, and national origin in educational institutions that receive federal funding.
The governor is contributing directly to the spread of the virus of anti-Semitism. There’s no two ways about it. We see it, we hear it, we know it.
Is it ever appropriate for a husband to put his foot down with his wife or a wife with her husband? Or is compromise the answer no matter what the issue is?
"We are excited and together we will pray that God might lead us to peace and that we might reach our destination for good life and peace."
Segal said, Netanyahu called the timing of the infection a "disaster."
Who do you think will win the 2020 presidential election?
Is following sports a waste of time or harmless pleasure?
“[W]e were successful in the spring and we will be successful once again,” the group said in a statement released on Monday.
Is it appropriate for a man to wear cologne?
Tischler told The Jewish Press that the city’s intent in holding the press conference in Boro Park (on 18th Ave. and 56th St.) was “to embarrass us.”
If Albert Einstein had been frum, should he have become a rosh yeshiva rather than a scientist?
Pioneer of the revived Jewish Community of Hebron has passed at age 83.
How does a person let go of a grudge against someone who harmed him or her egregiously?
Should rabbis recommend that people vote for a particular candidate?
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