admin | March 8, 2022
In the wake of yet another scandal involving a therapist abusing his clients, it is time to reassert the importance of yichud, the prohibition of unrelated individuals of opposite genders being alone together. This is true not only as a matter of halacha; Jewish law has always required adherence to this principle, even if it has been disgracefully disregarded.
admin | March 8, 2022
I am sickened by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxtons recently announced nonbinding opinion regarding gender-affirming care, which states that medical treatments used in the transition process for transgender minors (ie: those whose gender identity does not correspond with the sex they were assigned at birth) ought to be defined as acts of child abuse.
admin | March 8, 2022
Broken Box Mime will present the World Premiere of their newly devised physical theatre piece Take Shape at the Jeffrey and Paula Gural Theatre at A.R.T./New York Theatres (502 West 53rd Street New York, NY 10019), April 1-May 1.
admin | March 3, 2022
Israel takes great pride in its moral responsibility towards Jews all over the world, an ethos of solidarity that it has acted on with care and gravity since the Jewish states founding. But something is going wrong, and its going wrong in relation to Ukraine. Israels government is not demonstrating enough courage or commitment to protect the Jews ofUkraine
admin | March 3, 2022
Colleen Hogan Whether it has been on social media or on protest signs, the fight to make abortion permanently legal has never ceased since the birth of Roe v. Wade in the 70s
admin | March 3, 2022
By Rabbi Dr. Israel Drazin BOCA RATON, Florida Urim Publications in Jerusalem and New York has just published Faith Fulfilled: Megillat Esther and The Maariv Evening Service for Purim with Commentary from the Writings of Rabbi Eliezer Berkovits. It is compiled and edited by Rabbi Dr
admin | March 3, 2022
Laughter is one of the great joys of life. There are a lot of ways to laugh, from the full-on belly laugh to the courtesy chuckle, you might receive when you crack a not-so-funny line
admin | March 3, 2022
Last Friday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention downgraded its covid-19 mandate recommendations, leading many to declare that the pandemic is nearly over. New York Mayor Eric Adams said, When we take off the mask, [its] a symbol that we are back. That is not exactly what the CDC was signaling, but it is the perception.
admin | March 3, 2022
A top rabbi from the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv fled the country on Monday after receiving warnings from local security officials, but said he was still working to help those who could not leave the city.
admin | February 26, 2022
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