The recent corruption convictions of two prominent Orthodox Jewish leaders here — former Assemblyman Sheldon Silver and William Rapfogel, former head of the Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty — ...

Even as Orthodox women take on clergy-like roles, the task of interpreting Jewish law has long been the exclusive domain of men. But a new group called Beit Hillel aims to bring down that barrier. An ...

JERUSALEM -- Must an observant Jew who has lost his sense of taste and smell because of covid-19 recite blessings for food and drink? Can one bend the metal nose piece of a surgical face mask on the ...

Women in Judaism face two major issues. On the one hand, there are thousands of years of Halacha and rabbinic texts regarding the laws and practices specific to Jewish women that they must follow. On ...

Last Sunday, students of Machon Lemaan Yilmedu celebrated the completion of the fifth cycle at an impressive "Chag Ha'Semicha ...

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Please note that the posts on The Blogs are contributed by third parties. The opinions, facts and any media content in them are presented solely by the authors, and neither The Times of Israel nor its ...

Abortion is complex on many levels – halachically, hashkafically, emotionally, and politically. For the American Jewish community, the issue is fraught because of the secular laws and politics ...

Reflection from the conference hosted by the Julis-Rabinowitz Program on Jewish and Israeli Law at Harvard Law School. Last month, I was extremely fortunate to attend the conference on Progressive ...

This short essay will develop five critical points for responding to the voices within the broader community that seek to accept and legitimize homosexual conduct, an activity that directly ...