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Jun 18, 2026, 10:47 PM

A few days ago, my wife looked up from the living room and asked: "So, I'm alone again today?” I was puzzled. She was watching television. I was in the next room watching a World Cup match on my...

Jun 9, 2026, 10:04 AM

A Giant Leap: Lunar Landing and Legal Impossibility

Hatzofe, Friday 25 July 1969 (Historical Jewish Press, https://www.nli.org.il/he/discover/newspapers/jpress)

On 20 July 1969, the Apollo 11 Lunar Module successfully landed on the Moon. Neil Armstrong, followed by Buzz Aldrin, became the first humans to walk on the lunar surface. As Armstrong stepped out of the spacecraft, he famously...

Richard Diamond

Jun 6, 2026, 12:17 AM

The Protestant’s warning to Israel

What Intra-Jewish Fragmentation Has in Common with the Wars That Nearly Destroyed Western Civilization — and the One Solution That Worked Israel does not have a conflict between Judaism and the state. It has a conflict between competing Judaisms over...

Andy Blumenthal

May 31, 2026, 8:06 AM

Mamdani’s Enablers

We saw a disturbing display of political theater at Gracie Mansion recently. A crowd of progressive Jewish New Yorkers packed a Pre-Shavuot reception hosted by Mayor Zohran Mamdani. They smiled for photos and ate cheesecake, completely ignoring the mayor’s...

Allen S. Maller

May 19, 2026, 2:50 PM

God’s Ongoing Covenant Of Love And Marriage

There are hundreds of millions of people today who have two, three or more self-identities. This was also true 3,600 years ago; although to a lesser extent than today. For example, Prophet Abraham is called a Muslim in the...

Shanee B. Michaelson

May 12, 2026, 7:11 PM

BaMidbar: Mapping Our Relationship

There are relationships built out of similarity, and relationships built out of translation. Ours has always felt like the second kind. My husband and I came from neighboring worlds that somehow still needed interpretation. We both grew up in Los...

May 12, 2026, 2:55 PM

The Aguna Crisis Isn’t About Divorce

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In this post analyzing complex layers of an issue in our community, and calling for nuance, I’m going to start with an absolute: The get is not, and should never be, a bargaining chip. Full stop. A get-refuser needs to give...

May 12, 2026, 11:32 AM

Flatbush Girl and the Problem with Neo-Conservative Orthodoxy

Orthodoxy is not merely a Brooklyn neighbourhood of sheitels and babkas — it is a system of obligation (Josh Wilburne, Unsplash).

A righteous cause does not sanctify every tactic. Agunos deserve justice, but Orthodox women’s bodies should not become weapons in someone else’s revolution.

May 6, 2026, 11:05 PM

Timeless Marital Advice from the Rav of Rimanov

Among the significant yahrzeit observances during the Hebrew month of Iyar is that of the yahrzeit of Rav Menachem Mendel of Riminov. Commemorated on the 19th of Iyar, Rav Menachem Mendel is generally best known for having delivered Shabbos...

Eliezer Simcha Weiss

Apr 29, 2026, 9:57 PM

Specifications and Insurance: The Symptoms of the Shidduch Crisis

Specifications and Insurance: The Symptoms of the Shidduch Crisis I want to talk to write about something that truly hurts us all—the "Shidduch Crisis." It’s a reality where so many incredible young men and women simply cannot find their match....

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