The recent guilty plea of an Orthodox rabbi to molestation charges in New Jersey, as well as the District Attorney’s expressed hope that this case will encourage other parents of abused children from
The Torah exhorts us: "Do not put a stumbling block in front of the blind". (Leviticus 19:14) We may not do anything that facilitates a crime or moral wrongdoing by another. Golda Meir once said, "I can forgive my enemies for killing my children; but I cannot forgive my enemies
Many gay people, faced by the impenetrable wall of the prohibition against homosexuality, just give up on Judaism. This need not be so. But, even if we should find ourselves subject to every canard in the world, Torah-believing Jews will never change one letter of the Torah. And that Torah says that same-sex sexual relations... Read more »
A recent incident highlighted the nature of who is deciding issues of medical ethics. A study of 1,300 very premature babies[1] whose undeveloped lungs require extra oxygen to be artificially supplied, tried to determine the correct oxygen levels. Too much oxygen can cause severe eye damage and blindness, whereas too little can lead to brain... Read more »
I love the Western Wall. It is a kaleidoscope of the entire Jewish people. One can go there for Mincha and have, as a part of the minyan, an Israeli soldier, a Sephardic Jew from South America, someone from Mea Shearim, a few French or American tourists … a geography that reflects its history. The... Read more »