Decentralizing Religious Authority
Rachel Levmore asks whether Internet feuds are the proper way to adjudicate halakhic matters.
The Rabbi-Kid Dilemma: Another Angle
Zev Eleff responds to Elli Fischer's provocative commentary from yesterday, offering another side on the issue of rabbis' (and everyone else's) children.
A Jewish Story of Two Hurricanes
Rabbi Adam Starr reflects on his community's hurricane relief efforts, and what it taught him about Jewish unity.
Beth Hamedrash Hagadol’s Finest Hour
Zev Eleff explores the enduring legacy of the recently destroyed Beth Hamedrash Hagadol on Norfolk Street.
A Vision for the Visiting Scholar
Matt Reingold contributes to the Lehrhaus Symposium on the recent OU statement regarding female clergy.
Why the Courts Got the Get-Torturer Case Right: Religious Liberty as Mutual Accommodation
Yishai Schwartz responds to Michael (Avi) Helfand on the matter of American law, religious liberties and get-torture.
Not in the Market for a Gadol
The Realities of Religious Accommodation in the Workplace: A Recent Case and a Cause...
Michael (Avi) Helfand offers an analysis of the legal battle between Susan Abeles’s and the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA).