The Rebbetzin's Husband

This, from a friend in Pennsylvania, is priceless: Because yes, I really do feel better when the forecast says +1...

When I was a synagogue rabbi, I bemoaned the fact that so much of what I did was death-centered. Well, the past couple of weeks have been a ...

In case the few remaining readers have been wondering where I've been, quite a bit of my time in the past week has been dedicated to wri...

This past Friday, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that the federal ban on assisting suicide violates the rights of Canadian citizens. As t...

Since ISIS began spreading a video showing their burning of captured Jordanian pilot Moath al-Kasaesbeh , various writers have tried to expl...

While preparing a class on Miriam last week, I came across essays ( here and here ) which show that Josephus and Pseudo-Philo, in the first...

Long-time readers of this blog (=those who remember the days when I would post three times per week) know that I am unable to get Moshe Rab...

I expect to deliver a shiur in Toronto on Sunday, on Treating Diabetes on Shabbat. Below are the questions I hope to address. I'd greatl...

This week, millions of people learned the story of Leelah/Josh Alcorn, from news stories about her suicide . Briefly, as I understand it, Jo...

Marking the yahrtzeit of Rabbi Yaakov Reischer (6 Tevet), and recognizing the popular trend of adding prayers that come from mystical or oth...