• I’ve been saying this for years. Women not counting for a minyan cannot and will not stand among the Open Orthodox – Tenth for a minyan https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/tenth-for-a-minyan/
• I’m not sure whether this is good or bad – Rabbinate DNA tests seek Jewishness in the blood, become a bone of contention https://www.timesofisrael.com/rabbinate-dna-tests-seek-jewishness-in-the-blood-become-a-bone-of-contention/
• One non-Orthodox rabbi’s idiosyncratic views on what rabbis do wrong. It seems wrong to me to generalize from one person’s experience to all rabbis. Note the assumption at the beginning that all rabbis are Ashkenazic! I am Ashkenazic but whenever I speak I have vocal Sephardim sitting upfront and make sure to quote liberally from Sephardic authorities – Your rabbi has sinned https://religionnews.com/2019/10/06/yom-kippur/
• City Jewish leaders demand more cops for Yom Kippur amid anti-Semitic crimes https://nypost.com/2019/10/06/city-jewish-leaders-demand-more-cops-for-yom-kippur-amid-anti-semitic-crimes
• New England Jewish Academy Announces Transformative Tuition Initiative https://jewishlinkbwc.com/index.php/features/11681-new-england-jewish-academy-announces-transformative-tuition-initiative?fbclid=IwAR32AwMzNPJwe8UkNj2CZZZt4tk2cW0bVBeSpQr_MCV9OnG-8Slp9oqFpb8
• Does the Rabbi Know When an Immigrant is a Stranger? https://nationalcenter.org/project21/2019/10/03/does-the-rabbi-know-when-an-immigrant-is-a-stranger/