Technology is changing faster today than at any other time in history. These developments affect our lives in many wonderful, and sometimes not-so-wonderful, ways. As we try to enrich our lives both… Read more
Gil Student
Rabbi Gil Student writes frequently on Jewish issues and blogs at TorahMusings.com. He can be reached at gil.student@gmail.com.
The Limit of Intellectual Freedom: The Letters of Rav Kook
Few questions represent the challenge modernity poses to religion greater than that of intellectual freedom. Read more
Abuse in the Jewish Community: Religious and Communal Factors that Undermine the Apprehension of Offenders and the Treatment of Victims
The past few years have seen a dizzying amount of revelations and publications about abuse in the Orthodox community. Read more
Varieties of Jewish Experience
When Rabbi Aharon Lichtenstein speaks, people listen. In this latest collection of his articles, he addresses many of the issues that rose to the fore over the past two decades and remain relevant… Read more
What’s Wrong With Texting on Shabbat? A Halachic Analysis
Texting on Shabbat involves the violation of a number of rabbinic prohibitions and perhaps some Biblical prohibitions as well. We will explore a few key technical issues, keeping in mind that there… Read more
The God-Powered Life: Awakening to Your Divine Purpose
How do we reach estranged Jews with a Torah message in this post-Oprah world of self-help spirituality? Read more
The Conversion Crisis: A Continuing Discussion
The past few years have seen a revival of the Israeli conversion dilemma, in which the status of people who convert to Judaism without becoming fully Read more
Shabbat the Right Way: Resolving Halachic Dilemmas
The application of Shabbat laws to contemporary circumstances is no simple task. So much of daily life has changed over the past century, not least Read more
On Changes in Jewish Liturgy: Options and Limitations
Rabbi Daniel Sperber, professor of Talmud at Bar-Ilan University, rose to fame with the publication of his widely acclaimed and award-winning eight-volume study Read more
Confronting Scandal: When Jews Do Bad Things
Anyone reading the news regularly sees images and stories of Orthodox Jews, occasionally even rabbis, misbehaving. Read more
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Kosher Comedy: The Rise of the Orthodox Comic
A small-but-growing number of people involved…
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Does God Have a Sense of Humor?
Tremendous pressure is placed on one who addresses the role…
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Up Close with Rabbi Yosef Mendelevich
Rabbi Yosef Mendelevich’s tenacious struggle to keep Torah in…
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What Does God Want of Me Now? Rabbi Yehuda Simes’ Courageous Journey
On the night of June 20th, 2010, a horrific car accident left…
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Answering the Tough Questions: Parenting Experts Weigh In
How Do We Raise Confident, Happy Children? By…
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Discovering Rav Elyashiv
Since his recent petirah, much has been said and written about…
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Quick and Healthy Summer Suppers
Summer is a terrific time to explore the great outdoors. Home…
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The Great Sar HaTorah
By Aryeh Z. Ginzberg A Tribute to Rav Yosef Shalom…
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Is Orthodoxy Unhealthy?
About a decade ago, a short time after I arrived in Oak Park,…
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The Courage to Serve: A Chareidi Woman in the IDF
By Fayga Marks Photo: Israel Sun An eight-year-old girl,…
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Please Put the Women Back In
I am an artist. Dealing with images is my stock and trade, and I…
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Life As a Happy Single Person
I bought couches. They are beige, with button detail on the sides…
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Touching Our Teens’ Neshamos
A quarter of students who come to college as Orthodox Jews…
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Fighting for Sandy: A Woman’s Struggle to Give Her Sister a Jewish Burial
On Shabbat Chanukah of 2006, my older sister Sandy passed…
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Confessions of a Kosher Organic Junkie
By Rachel Wizenfeld Melding my Berkeley organic roots with…
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From Japan to Jerusalem
As Shavuos approaches, a yom tov when we read the remarkable…