In last month’s recent podcast of “The Joy of Text”, the featured discussion was about pornography (“The Pornography Episode”), which provided the most dynamic interaction between the two hosts of the show, Rabbi Dov Linzer and Dr. Bat Sheva Marcus,...
Having regularly written about The Joy of Text series, I realized I haven’t yet gotten around to posting about the two most recent podcasts. In this post, I’ll describe May’s podcast, which came out a month-and-a-half ago (stay tuned for...
This spring, a collaborative series of public conversations on Orthodoxy took place between two knowledgeable rabbinic scholars. “Orthodoxy in Theory and Practice” featured Rabbi Dov Linzer, Rosh HaYeshiva of Yeshivat Chovevei Torah, and Rabbi Aryeh Klapper, Dean of the Center...
Following the horrific attack in Charleston, South Carolina which took place the other night, numerous organizations across the country issued statements condemning the attack. Amongst these organizations were many Jewish organizations. There were also four national rabbinic organizations that offered...
Not infrequently in the Babylonian Talmud is the Hebrew Bible quoted. But how much of it is quoted? Recently, the numbers were crunched over at Sefaria and they came up with the results. While more than a quarter of the...
This month marks a Southern California monthly Jewish magazine’s first anniversary. With the publication of its first issue last June, Kosher OC Magazine is celebrating its first anniversary this month, having brought a second monthly Jewish publication to Orange County....
The International Rabbinic Fellowship (IRF) recently launched their new official blog, “Engaging Orthodoxy”.* According to the “About” page, the blog “will serve as a forum for its members’ articles, reflections and Divrey Torah“, with the hope that readers “will find it...
An Orthodox rabbi and a sex therapist discuss sex – while this scenario is not common in the real world, a new podcast series discussing sexual matters for Orthodox Jews is focussed solely on that. The new podcast series, “The...
The journal Tradition‘s archives are now available for online perusal for free! According to a press release, The Rabbinical Council of America and Tradition: A Journal of Orthodox Jewish Thought are pleased to announce that we have opened up our archives to...
A new Jewish educational website is gearing up to launch to bring pluralistic Jewish classes to all. As anounced on Friday by its founder, Rabbi Ben Greenberg, OpenSinai.com seeks to provide a learning experience with real-time classes provided by a...
