Should American Orthodox Jews Have Fasted on July 12, 2024?
Yaakov Jaffe and Menachem Butler explore the Halakhot of when fasting is proper and when it’s not.
Wanted: Precision, Nuance, and Avodat Hashem
Jeffrey Woolf contributes to the Lehrhaus Symposium on the recent OU statement regarding female clergy.
A More Holistic Halakhic Approach to Vaccine Inequity
Alan Jotkowitz disagrees with Sharon Galper Grossman’s and Shamai Grossman’s halakhic argument that wealthy nations should provide booster shots to their own populations before contributing doses to poorer countries.
Letter to the Editor: Response to Leead Staller on Euthanasia
Can Halakhah really countenance euthanasia? Alan Jotkowitz responds to Leead Staller
Wearing a Smartwatch on Shabbat
Ike Sultan
A. The Question
One of the new gadgets that has become popular over the last few years is the smartwatch; a popular brand at...
On the Lomdus of the OU Responsum
Chaim Twerski contributes to the Lehrhaus Symposium on the recent OU statement regarding female clergy.
The Not-So-Orthodox Embrace of the New Age Movement
Ben Rothke takes a sober look at a new book that tries to square Orthodox Judaism with New Age Medicine.
The Challenge and Joy of Living With Tension
Shayna Goldberg contributes to the Lehrhaus Symposium on the recent OU statement regarding female clergy.
Nine Crazy Nights?
Outside the Land of Israel, we add an extra day to several holidays. Michael Kurin wonders: why not on Hanukkah?
Permission to Forbid: New Gezeirot in the History of Halakhah
Are today's rabbis allowed to initiate new prohibitions? Aryeh Klapper analyzes a responsum on the issue of halakhic innovation regarding new technologies.
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