David Brofsky, at The Blogs

Apr 10, 2022, 2:08 PM

Where the American Orthodox rabbis go wrong on conversion reform

The Rabbinical Court in Tel Aviv on August 3, 2017. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90/File)

The Americans' misconceptions about the norms of current Israeli conversion blind them to the value of the reforms that many of their Israeli counterparts see

Jun 10, 2020, 12:06 PM

Wear Your Mask!

I was proud of Israel’s initial response to, and treatment of, COVID-19. Since the first cases were diagnosed in early March, the government framed our response to the Coronavirus as a moral obligation: It isn't about us; it's about...

May 25, 2020, 12:01 PM

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Conversion and ahavat ha-ger: A national priority

One of Giyur K'Halakha's conversion courts sits before a young woman in the process of converting. (courtesy)

A wall of bureaucracy (at best) is no way to welcome those who are committed to Judaism and the Jewish people; plus, it contradicts Israel's past chief rabbis' traditional approach

About Me

Rabbi David Brofsky is the author of halakhic compendiums on Tefilla, Moadim and Avelut. He teaches at Midreshet Lindenbaum and Midreshet Torah V’Avodah, and he writes a weekly shiur for Yeshivat Har Etzion’s Virtual Beit Midrash (VBM).