On the Lomdus of the OU Responsum

Chaim Twerski contributes to the Lehrhaus Symposium on the recent OU statement regarding female clergy.

The Fourth Chapter of Avot as an extended reflection on Epicurean Philosophy

In the spirit of Hanukkah, Yaakov Jaffe offers an intriguing thesis tying together a series of Mishnayot in the fourth chapter of Pirkei Avot: they are all responding to various aspects of Epicurean philosophy.