Dov Kahane, at The Blogs

Aug 16, 2024, 6:32 AM

On Tisha B’Av we read the kina that begins Arzei ha-L’vanon, The Cedars of Lebanon, a 13th-century poem that recounts the tragic and cruel murders of 8 rabbis of the Mishnah by the Roman empire. The author of this...

Nov 6, 2016, 7:33 PM

Space for the Other: Election Day Aspiration

… Even though these prohibit and these permit, these disqualify and these allow, Beit Shammai did not refrain from marrying women from Beit Hillel, nor did Beit Hillel refrain from marrying women from Beit Shammai. And similarly with regard...

About Me

Dov Kahane is a dentist with a practice in Riverdale, NY and a student of Talmud. He received a Masters in Jewish Studies at Columbia University and is now pursuing a PhD at JTS. Dov is married and has five children (and four in-law children). He lives on the Upper West Side of NYC.