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Michael Feldstein

May 25, 2025, 10:45 PM

Baruch Lanner and the Story That Finally Exposed Him

Baruch Lanner

It’s hard to believe, but exactly 25 years have passed since the publication of “Stolen Innocence.” Researched and written by Gary Rosenblatt, then editor and publisher of The Jewish Week, this explosive article outlined years of sexual abuse of...

May 1, 2025, 9:50 AM

Finding humanity in others, and ourselves

I have found that the greatest life lessons are not learned through study of sacred text. Nothing compares with experience, and that is most effectively found (for those perceptive enough to see) in our daily interactions in the “real”...

Mar 18, 2025, 7:41 PM

Strength through collaboration

PHOTO reprinted with permission, ACLI.

Jewish journalism inspires. Christian Zionist media rocks. But concrete ACTION - Rabbis and Pastors, Christians and Jews working together will change the world

Moshe-Mordechai van Zuiden

Mar 15, 2025, 1:08 AM

Can a pig be kosher? Oh, Gentiles can be holy too, but I wouldn't say Trump is one of them. Only Jews can be so naïve to think that a Gentile who smiles at them is their friend. I really got...

Mar 7, 2025, 8:25 PM

Rabbis Must Speak Up for Israel

The recent Academy Awards filled me with dread. No, it wasn’t anxiety about which film would about Israel from Hollywood insiders whose expertise on the Middle East is as limited as their understanding of the region’s complexities. Perhaps I should...

Sharona Margolin Halickman

Feb 18, 2025, 8:46 PM

True Ordination is only in Israel

In Parshat Mishpatim, we find cases of damage that one person causes to another, through theft, negligence or assault. In Shmot 22:3 we learn: If the theft shall be found in the thief’s possession- whether a live ox or donkey or...

Michael Feldstein

Jan 16, 2025, 11:03 PM

A Look Back at Edah

Credit: Times of Israel

In 1999, Edah organized its first of several conferences on the state of Modern Orthodoxy. It was an exciting time for the Orthodox community – more than 1,000 people attended that conference, in which cutting-edge topics such as the...

Jan 12, 2025, 6:46 PM

The Secret of Jewish Survival: Family!

This upcoming Shabbat, we read in the parasha (Shemot - Exodus 1:1–6:1) about the earliest forms of discrimination and antisemitism. It is an ancient story, yet painfully relevant. In Egypt, a new ruler came to power—a colonial overlord, not even...

Lisa M. Pollack

Jan 7, 2025, 11:52 PM

Faith Amidst Crisis: Reflections from Neve Hanna

The events of October 7, 2023, and the subsequent war have deeply affected all of Israel, but perhaps nowhere more profoundly than in the communities near the Gaza border. Here at Neve Hanna Children's Home in Kiryat Gat, we...

Dec 11, 2024, 4:19 PM

An Orthodox rabbi’s struggle with pluralism

The diversity of Rutgers Hillel, on October 8, 2023. (via Facebook, used in accordance with clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Real religious disagreements among those who affiliate with different denominations (or none) should not hinder normal interactions. Try talking to each other and see

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