▪ Is divorce rate higher in religious communities?: Are Evangelicals Bad for Marriage?
▪ Hard to argue with the avoidance of a notoriously unfriendly rabbinate: Orthodox couples opt for illegal halachic weddings
▪ Knesset moves to decentralize conversion to Judaism
▪ Chief Rabbi Lau: No Problem With Female Kashrut Supervisors
▪ I’m pretty sure I know who this is: Mossad appoints spy rabbi
▪ Torczyner: YU made me who I am today
▪ Peter Berger about Christianity Today: How To Make God Laugh
▪ The Secret Jewish History of Don Quixote
▪ The (perceived) war on religion in America: If You Like Your Religion, You Can Keep Your Religion
▪ Daily occurrence in Brooklyn. I’ve also been approached by non-religious Israelis in Grand Central Terminal multiple times: Suspected Frum Con Man Targets Orthodox With Elaborate Tales of Woe
▪ Southern supermarket giant Winn-Dixie bets big on kosher
▪ Portugal to grant nationality to Sephardic Jews
▪ Rabbi Jacob Ettlinger and Warder Cresson
▪ Gordimer: Halachic Process and Rabbinic Authority: R. Ysoscher Katz’ Response to R. Schachter
▪ Woolf: Of Halakhic Integrity, Halakhic Change and Kavod ha-Torah
▪ Interesting if uncritical perspective: The uncertain fate of the landmarked but deteriorating synagogue reflects a broader question gaining urgency across the Lower East Side