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Rabbi Boteach’s Celebration Of A Transgender Icon

In Print Editorial Board

The World Values Network was founded by Rabbi Boteach to promote Jewish values but, as we see it, has now morphed into a group devoted to spread his teachings.

Who Is Buried In Yad Avshalom?

In Print Saul Jay Singer

While it is now known that Yad Avshalom was built about 1,000 years after the death of the Biblical Avshalom, it is not known who commissioned the monument – although the Biblical account in Shmuel Bet (2 Samuel) suggests that it was built by Avshalom himself, as discussed below.

Daf Yomi

In Print Rabbi Yaakov Klass

An Outcast “He Shall Dwell Outside His Tent” (Moed Katan 7b)

Quick Takes

In Print Aaron Klein

Daf Yomi

In Print Rabbi Yaakov Klass

Where Frequency Matters ‘… We Forbid Haircutting and Laundering...’ (Yevamos 43b)

I Was On Mt. Meron

In Print Michal Popper

I didn’t know what to think or where to go. I wanted to turn around and see that it was just a bad dream and that the music would start playing again.

Parshas Vayakhel

In Print Rabbi Yaakov Klass

Life Chronicles

Life Chronicles Rachel Bluth

When Banks – And Other Institutions – Try To Change The World

In Print Dennis Prager

Beginning in the second half of the 20th century, people in nearly every white-collar profession ceased finding their work inherently meaningful. So, they sought to use their profession to change the world.

An Open Letter To Google’s Co-Founder

In Print Dennis Prager

Google's arrogance is such that a vast number of Americans – liberals as well as conservatives – are worried that the major conduit of speech in the Free World doesn’t care about free speech.

Climate Change Week A Dud For New York Legislation

NY Marc Gronich

“Resignation does not equal accountability,” Assemblyman Ron Kim (D-Flushing, Queens) wrote. “Dr. Zucker’s departure is the absolute minimum needed to restore faith and accountability in government..."

She Won’t Answer Your Calls? Try Rerouting

In Print Baila Sebrow

Other shadchanim mean well, but don’t know how to express their thoughts gently. Sometimes, it’s not what is said, but how it’s conveyed that makes all the difference.

Parshas Shoftim

In Print Rabbi Yaakov Klass

Why We Should Love Work

In Print Rabbi Reuven Taragin

The Torah emphasizes the importance of our work in its very first parshah, Bereishit. The world’s vegetation was ready to sprout, but did not because there was no man to work the ground.

Torah Study Is Not Like Calculus

Parsha Rabbi Moshe Meir Weiss

When we think this Shavuos about the revelation at Sinai, let’s remember that the Torah was given surprisingly in the midst of billowing smoke and blackness.

Dear Dr. Yael

In Print Dr. Yael Respler

Tool Liability

In Print Rabbi Meir Orlian

Mr. Eisner arranged to meet with Rabbi Dayan. He showed him the terms-of-use agreement and asked: Are these terms acceptable and binding according to halacha? Do the borrowers need to sign?

Dear Dr. Yael

In Print Dr. Yael Respler

Please don't make a huge issue out of this situation. As in all situations, the only person we can change is ourselves.

A Jewish Case For Joe Biden

Op-Eds Dr. David Luchins

Steny Hoyer, the Majority Leader in the House of Representatives, addressed AIPAC and said, "There are 62 freshman Democrats in the House - 59 oppose BDS, 59 support Israel. How come you only know the names of the other three?"

In Praise Of The Handwritten Note

In Print Rabbi Dani Staum

Of course, he could have just told them. But he wanted them to have the written note that they could reread many times.

Receive Each Person With A Pleasant Countenance

In Print Bryna Conway

After decades of being the ba’al ha-bayit at his own Shabbat table with his family and guests, singing Eshet Chayil, making kiddush and hamotzi for everyone, and leading the singing of zemirot, all that had ended. Now he was always the guest.

Irrelevant: The New Olmert Plan

In Print Hillel Fendel and Chaim Silberstein / KeepJerusalem.org

Olmert and Al-Kidwa call for the Palestinian state to be "non-militarized" except for internal policing needs. The problem is that once it is recognized as a state, it will need no one's permission to build itself an army, such that this clause is essentially irrelevant.