The Rebbetzin's Husband

[ Note: I don't like the word Chareidi, since I believe it is an overused term that obscures the nuances between certain religious gro...

One of the several reasons why religious fanaticism so easily leads to violence is that religion - and Judaism is no exception - provides so...

[ I received what could be a critical alert this morning from the ADL, regarding a man named Danny Lee Warner. It is most unusual for them t...

Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 The Hanging Tree - a Mission thought THURSDAY On Thursday morning, five of us went to the Kotel to daven vatikin - att...

I was in the Katz Kollel at YU when the now famous/notorious R' Avraham Shirman visited during the fall/winter of 1997 to deliver a seri...

Hello, I have been asked to re-publish the transcript of R' Shirman's ruling in one piece instead of 9, so it is here, below. But fi...

Part VIII was here . Here we conclude the transcript of R' Shirman's verdict. I must say that in the course of translating this I ha...

Part VII was here . In this section, R' Shirman continues to discuss: a) The question of whether a court may re-open and re-examine the ...

Notes: Part VI was here . The full Hebrew text is available on-line at Hirhurim here , and R' Doniel Eidensohn has posted relevant mater...

Here is Part VI of R' Shirman's verdict; Part V was here . In this section, R' Shirman justifies disqualifying a conversion ex p...

Here is Part V; Part IV was here . In this segment, R' Shirman presents his conclusions regarding the evidence of forgery. I have to adm...

Here is Part IV; Part III was here . [Note: I am spelling the name Shirman because I've seen it transliterated that way in several plac...

Here is Part III; Part II was here . I wish to stress again that I am not "siding with" R' Shirman's ruling. I just feel i...