The Rebbetzin's Husband

This campaign is something my Beit Midrash developed with our local Bnei Akiva chapter, and it's been spreading on Facebook. The idea, w...

In an article titled " Rabbis on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown ", Jay Michaelson contends that the special political/emotional...

Jewish Canadians love Prime Minister Stephen Harper; the surest way to earn an ovation at a Jewish event is to thank the Prime Minister for...

A thought: Three passersby are welcomed to the tent of Avraham and Sarah, presented with water for their feet, and shown to a shady pla...

I hope you enjoyed your Yom Tov. For me - right before Simchat Torah, I found out about the mikvah scandal in Washington DC. That pretty muc...

[ Update 8:09 AM - Within a few minutes of posting this, I received a notice from a rabbinic friend, who informed me that the "Mikvah ...

If you haven't heard about The Shabbos App yet, it's meant to modify the function of your smartphone to avert halachic problems inv...

The Internet can be inspiring, even when the tales it tells aren't exactly true. Listen to the following story, reported on the websi...

In my previous post , I said: I believe that naivete has an important place in our lives, in moving us from an ugly world to a more attrac...

What's on my mind after Rosh Hashanah and Shabbos Shuvah? Three music videos that I like not because their music is outstandingly good...

Several years ago, researchers at Baylor University in the US published a study entitled, "American Piety in the 21 st century"....

Adrian Peterson is a top-level, record-setting, award-winning star athlete . He is also a father of six children, and this past week he was ...

(From this week's Toronto Torah , hot off the presses) Several years ago, late night comedian and band leader Paul Shaffer and the OU ...