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To Talit? Revisited.

To Talit? Revisited.

Last December, on the one year anniversary of our engagement to be precise, I wrote a post entitled “To Talit… or Not to Talit…That is the Question”.  At that time I was examining my feelings around the subject of myself and talit wearing.  This was not really a post about whether or not women should [...]

Abuse: Two Jewish responses

In the past couple of weeks here in Israel, several stories have broken in the press about severe child abuse, including one here in Beit Shemesh.  There is a fine old saying that “The Jews are just like everyone else, only more so.”  God forbid.  But unfortunately, spousal and child abuse do occur within the [...]