A new Guardian interview with comedian Max Olesker, who underwent adult circumcision as part of his conversion to Orthodox Judaism, has brought renewed attention to the debate surrounding circumcision. Olesker has even turned his experience into a one-man show, Making the Cut. But Olesker isn’t the only one whose experience with circumcision has made headlines. […]

If you’re a person who cares about negative stories involving Orthodox Jews in the news, the recent agunah cases that keep popping up are quite troubling. If you’re a person who cares about people, ALL agunah cases are quite troubling. Since I am both, I have been pretty bummed out lately about how to deal with […]

Recently, I received an inquiry from someone who was researching transgender issues in halacha. The first thing I told them, before suggesting some sources, was that this issue is far above my pay grade. I am not qualified to comment on the permissibility of any course of action, and I can make no recommendations. All […]

Anti-Zionists have long insisted (in English, at least) that they don’t hate Jews – only “Zionists”. You see, unlike those vulgar Nazis, they aren’t so barbaric as to oppose our existence outright. They’re only, quite understandably, uncomfortable with this absurd notion – passed down to us by Herzl et al – that we are equal […]

Donald Trump – past US President and Republican presidential nominee – was shot this past weekend at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania in an attempted assassination. We avoid politics on this site because of how divisive it is by nature. Thankfully, reasonable people all around the world have acknowledged that violence is never the […]