Critiquing a Critique In his critique of Rabbi Daniel Sperber’s book On Changes in Jewish Liturgy (winter 2011), Rabbi Gil Student expresses surprise that instead of defending and preserving minhagei… Read more

Drink to Your. . . Health? As a family demographer, I very much enjoyed the issue on the Orthodox family in the twenty-first century (spring 2012). I want, however, to point out an error in Shira… Read more

Women in the New Economy The article “The New Economic Reality” by Tamar Snyder (winter 2011) is so very relevant. I was disappointed, however, that one specific topic was not discussed. What about… Read more

As members of the OU in Israel, we await Jewish Action with anticipation. Unfortunately, Dr. Simcha Katz’s article “Supporting the Jewish Homeland” (summer 2012) left us sorely disappointed. Dr. Katz… Read more

Addressing Divorce In “The Orthodox Family of the 21st Century” (spring 2012), various challenged populations in the Jewish community were lumped together. As someone who experienced divorce, I will… Read more

As an Orthodox rabbi who works closely with teenagers and their parents, I am pleased that your magazine confronts important issues in our community. In general, the articles not only point out… Read more

Demanding Our Fair Share In a letter that appeared in the spring issue, the writer commented that pushing for government assistance for yeshivah tuition would engender “sinat chinam” among supporters… Read more

Tuition Talk I read with great interest Dr. Simcha Katz’s columns in Jewish Action over the past year in which he describes the Orthodox Union’s activities to pursue government support to help… Read more

Saving Lives on Shabbat Both Yehuda Avner in his interview (“Up Close with Yehuda Avner” by Michael Freund, summer 2011) and Joseph Lieberman in his book, The Gift of Rest: Rediscovering the Beauty of… Read more

Is Orthodoxy Unhealthy? In Rabbi Reuven Spolter’s recent article (“Is Orthodoxy Unhealthy?,” spring 2011), the author points out the ways in which so many of us overeat on Shabbat and yamim tovim, at… Read more