by Joel Rich Question: (PC Way) – What process do pulpit rabbis/organizations use in due diligence checks of kashrut certifiers? (What I really mean) why is triangle K seemingly not “accepted”? With regard to an earlier question (link): Our...

Women Receiving Aliyot? A Short Halakhic Analysis (Abridged) by Michael J. Broyde Michael J. Broyde is a law professor and Project Director of the Center for the Study of Law and Religion at Emory University’s School of Law. He is also a dayan in...

R. Michael Broyde has exhausted the discussion of the permissibility of observing Thanksgiving (link). I'd like to discuss here the reason why, assuming observing Thanksgiving is permissible, it is a good thing. In The Home We Build Together, R....

by Steve Brizel Yaakov's Journey R Baruch Simon reminds us that we should never miss an opportunity in life to learn from everything, everyone and every place and that we should take advantage of every moment: link 1 (audio), link 2 (audio) Torah...

EndTheMadness proudly announces its Sixth Annual Small Group Discussion Group "Settling" for a Spouse: Positive or Negative? DATE: Wednesday night, December 2, 2009 TIME: 7PM-10PM PLACE: Congregation Adereth El, 133 E. 29th St., New York,...