by Rabbi Yoel Schonfeld | Feb 15, 2023 | Op-Eds
by Rabbi Yoel Schonfeld in the Queens Jewish Link Last week, the local Jewish media carried the story of a very prominent Upper East Side (Manhattan) Orthodox synagogue and its falling out with its leading candidate to succeed the current rabbi, who is 92 years old....
by CJV | Feb 2, 2023 | Op-Eds
by Rabbi Steven Pruzansky in JNS. The left-leaning Israeli media is disseminating news articles transmitting the discontent of American Jewish leaders with the new Israeli government and the policies it wishes to implement. A good example of this genre is the...
by Rabbi Steven Pruzansky | Jan 26, 2023 | Op-Eds
by Rabbi Steven Pruzansky in the Israel National News Did the Supreme Court disqualify Aryeh Deri from serving as a minister because the justices genuinely believed that his multiple criminal convictions rendered him unfit to serve in high office? Or did the Court...
by Rabbi Yoel Schonfeld | Jan 11, 2023 | Op-Eds
by Rabbi Yoel Schonfeld in the Queens Jewish Link Last week, the great governor of New York signed a bill that a person may sign an agreement that, after death, his or her body will be used as compost. Yes, compost to fertilize a garden. I guess she is taking the...
by Rabbi Steven Pruzansky | Jan 5, 2023 | Op-Eds
by Rabbi Steven Pruzansky in The Jewish Press Ben Shapiro’s exposure of the failures of Modern Orthodoxy has generated a lot of waves. Most of those who define themselves as such, he opined, fall into one of three classes: the Secular Orthodox, whose values are almost...
by Rabbi Yoel Schonfeld | Jan 4, 2023 | Op-Eds
by Rabbi Yoel Schonfeld in the Queens Jewish Link It has become a routine of mine here in Baltimore to attend the weekly Motza’ei Shabbos history lectures given by Rabbi Dovid Katz in Congregation Shomrei Emunah. Currently, Rabbi Katz is focusing on modern Israeli...
