The Rebbetzin's Husband

Here is Part II of our look at Institutional Transparency in Tzedakah Organizations. We will list major tzedakah organizations which publicl...

As I've noted elsewhere, one of this year's RCA resolutions promoted Insitutional Transparency for the Jewish community. I spoke ab...

I attended a safety course the other day, and the instructor made reference to a razor, gesturing to one of the women present and saying som...

[Haveil Havalim is here !] I don’t know whether I’ve been in denial, or just too busy to think about it, but it finally hit me, just this Sh...

It's hard to think of losing both of these illicit icons of a '70s-'80s American childhood in the same day. Farrah Fawcett , Mic...

On Sunday, the esteemed Rebbetzin and I drove from Allentown to Toronto, with two of our children; we drove back to Allentown yesterday afte...

I once davened in a minyan factory beside a man who had some kind of medical problem; he kept a styrofoam cup with him, and he spat gently i...

Found a few minutes tonight to catch up on newspaper websites, which was nice. Here are several interesting articles I can recommend: From t...

According to the analysts, Iran’s upheaval is not a 21st century version of Eastern Europe’s liberation. Mir-Hossein Moussavi and Mahmoud Ah...

The other day I quoted a 2007 survey performed by YU’s Center for the Jewish Future (in its Community Growth Initiative) on the way that you...

[ Some of the ideas here are reflected in this article on Committee Chairs , too. ] I spoke at our Federation’s annual meeting last night, a...

Lots to contemplate from yesterday’s OU Emerging Communities Fair. The scene was somewhat chaotic, with individuals and couples circulating ...

[ First: A great new edition of Haveil Havalim is available here ! ] I expect to be at the OU's Emerging Communities Fair for a few hou...

Note: I deliberately use the term “black” above, rather than “African-American,” because the issue is broader than North America. This topic...

A friend related that he had finally told off a very difficult person at work. “I really gave it to him,” he said. The conversation reminded...

"This must be Thursday," said Arthur to himself, sinking low over his beer, "I never could get the hang of Thursdays." (...

Sitting in the airport waiting on a flight to Toronto, I scanned this week's email from ScienceDaily and found this gem: Students who g...

[ The new Haveil Havalim is here ! ] Rabbi Eliezer ben Hurkenos is on my mind today, thanks to a class I taught about him yesterday. Among m...

These words from this past Thursday are now famous: [T]he aspiration for a Jewish homeland is rooted in a tragic history that cannot be deni...

My learning background is decidedly not Rav Kook-oriented; his mashiach-oriented view of Israel/world/history, and his chassidic/mystical vi...