The recent corruption convictions of two prominent Orthodox Jewish leaders here — former Assemblyman Sheldon Silver and William Rapfogel, former head of the Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty — ...

Halacha L'Ma'aseh." The course is designed to provide an opportunity for organized, in-depth study of the halachos, drawn ...

While the Internet and AI can’t aid in the original thought and analysis that is the essence of Torah study, they can act as helpful resources to begin one’s study of a subject. There has been a great ...

Despite the High Court’s unequivocal ruling that women, too, may sit for the complete set of rabbinical exams, the chief rabbis submitted a request last week for an additional hearing and for a stay ...

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Even as Orthodox women take on clergy-like roles, the task of interpreting Jewish law has long been the exclusive domain of men. But a new group called Beit Hillel aims to bring down that barrier. An ...

Women in Judaism face two major issues. On the one hand, there are thousands of years of Halacha and rabbinic texts regarding the laws and practices specific to Jewish women that they must follow. On ...

Last month, I was extremely fortunate to attend the conference on Progressive Halacha hosted by the Julis-Rabinowitz Program on Jewish and Israeli Law at Harvard Law School. With distinguished guests ...

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Rabbi Heschel Greenberg has launched a new series of classes on the Rambam’s Mishneh Torah in response to the Rebbe’s call to learn at least one halacha in depth. The Rebbe in ...

“It’s my job to be a public person and I get that,” actress Mayim Bialik told a packed crowd at the Barnes & Noble book-signing of her third book, Girling Up: How to Be Strong, Smart and Spectacular ...