May 20, 2012

By Shmuel Rosner
Published on May 20, 2012

May 10, 2012

By Shmuel Rosner
Published on May 10, 2012

‘Lack of recognition in Israel raises some question about the legitimacy of Reform and Conservative’

By Shmuel Rosner
Published on March 9, 2012

Jessica Fishman�s Sad Story and the Threat to Israel’s Civil Society

By Rabbi John Rosove
Published on February 10, 2012

Appropriate response to killings rests in Torah

By Rabbi Naftali Rothenberg
Published on March 27, 2008

The pain felt by the family and near environment of any murder victim is deep and traumatic. The murder of adolescents in an educational institution is horrifying. But a murder that takes place within the walls of the house of study, the yeshiva, amplifies and extends the grief and suffering beyond the families that lost their dear ones and beyond the victims' close surroundings.

Could Pride rally tension put gay issues on Israel’s agenda?

By Dina Kraft
Published on November 22, 2006

Gay issues have never been at the forefront of Israeli domestic politics -- unlike in the United States -- but some wonder if that will change after ultra-Orthodox protesters used violence to prevent a gay pride parade.

Charedi Choose Unorthodox Job

By Gail Lichtman
Published on March 3, 2005

Jerusalem is a magnet for religious tourism from all over the world, and ultra-Orthodox Jews are a growing segment of the religious tourists visiting the city. In order to meet their special needs, an ultra-Orthodox training program is offering a course to teach men to guide tourists through the spiritual center of the three great monotheistic religions.