The custom of dressing up on Purim is an interesting one. Dressing up as someone else is not a formal minhag in the sense that it is a...

I am one of many people who have come to Israel on a Mission. Jofa and Maharat brought over 30 people to give chizuk and support. In...

When I woke up on Monday morning, I realized that it was time to do something. For two weeks, like many of us, I walked around in a state...

Jonah, the prophet whose story we read on Yom Kippur, is a troubling figure for the rabbis. What does one do with a prophet who...

On April 5, 2023, Stern College announced they would be shutting down their beginner and intermediate Talmud classes, citing “lack of...

This essay is dedicated to the students of Maharat and YCT. Thank you for asking me what neurodivergent Torah is and accepting that it...

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“We shall stand amazed that there was a woman found at the head of the Persian empire that dared to disobey the command even of a drunken...

The American Orthodox Rabbinate is changing.1 I have been part of the rabbinic clergy team at the Hebrew Institute of Riverdale–The...

In last week's parsha, Yosef’s brothers threw him into a pit. As far as I could see, no Mefarshim comment on how long he was in the pit...

Last year, a woman from the Modern Orthodox community reached out under the pseudonym “Tali,” expressing disappointment that leaders from...

"Dear Rabbi, I am finally able to leave my parents’ house, and I am moving in with the woman I have loved for two years. We are both...

I don’t like to stick out. I don’t enjoy a lot of eyes on me. After I step down from giving a sermon, I want to retreat. I certainly...