My Obiter Dicta

I have been spending the little free time I have reading a wonderful collection of Rav Soloveitchik's letters, entitled: Community, Cove...

In all of the discussion of the political and security elements of the 'disengagement,' even its opponents have largely forgotten th...

This past week I've found myself travelling from Florida to Montreal-Toronto-Losangeles-New Jersey. Everywhere I went I found wonderful ...

I seem to constantly violate my no politics rule. However, some things are just too incredible to let go by without comment. Haaretz has...

I just completed a two part speaking engagement for one of the most exciting Modern Orthodox initiatives to appear in the past few years. It...

Daniel Pipes has just published an intriguing article entitled 'The Future of Judaism.' In it, in light of the growing percentage ...

I've been following the controversy about the banning of Rabbi Slifkin's book and Gil Student's call for a counterban (all relev...

My comments about Daas Hedyot appear to have struck a serious nerve, and were clearly misunderstood. I had written that had DH been expose...

My brother, David, offers these comments onm Prince Harry's Nazi proclivities: I am just amazed about the way the issue about Young ...

Gil Student has devoted a very long posting to the latest attempt to censor a book. This time the controversy revolves around the works of ...