Following its rabbinic ruling prohibiting synagogues from hiring female clergy, the Orthodox Union is pressuring synagogues that have hired the women to change their titles.In February, the OU issued … more

The fact is that there is no halacha forbidding women from this religious ritual that I am aware of. But there is a religious principle that women are exempt from observing certain mitzvos (positive commandments like tefillin that are time bound). more

Issue of December 18, 2009/ 1 Tevet 5770 Woodmere - The Young Israel of Woodmere and the National Council of Young Israel will present a lecture for singles entitled "For Singles Beginning the … more

My eldest son is nine years old and in third grade. He understands that the name Hitler … more

Leading rabbis in Agudath Israel of America moved Monday to further distance what has been referred to as Open Orthodoxy from normative Orthodox Judaism. The Moetzes Gedolei HaTorah of America … more

For the first time since her son, Aryeh Natan Glassman, died of a heroin overdose in May, Rebecca Glassman delivered her message that the Orthodox Jewish … more

After Israel’s chief rabbinate last week distributed what a critic described as a rabbinical “blacklist” of Orthodox rabbis, the chief rabbinate apologized on Tuesday to one of those it defamed — Rabbi Yehoshua Fass, co-founder … more

You’ll hear from my lawyer By Michael Orbach Issue of April 8, 2010/ 24 Nissan 5770 If you’re thinking about ever running a bicycle tour, this tip can help you avoid aggravation and … more

A bible teacher from Salanter Akiba Riverdale (SAR) High School led a room of more than 50 breakfasting listeners through a whirlwind, eye-opening lecture on the Jewish originators and founders of Christianity. more

Rep. Eliot L. Engel, who represents Riverdale, is the leading Democrat on the House Committee on Foreign Affairs: Over the last two years, I’ve supported our negotiating team in the P5+1, … more