Adapted from the writings of Dayan Yitzhak Grossman September 10, 2020 During the recent hostilities between Israel and Hamas, Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz threatened to respond to attacks by striking not just “buildings and targets, but also those operating…

What may the public demand of the individual in the name of safety? Adapted from the writings of Dayan Yitzhak Grossman September 3, 2020 Recently, a frum woman made headlines for a confrontation she had with JetBlue flight attendants over…

May judges judge their friends? Adapted from the writings of Dayan Yitzhak Grossman August 27, 2020 A coalition of nine progressive groups has released a statement calling on Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh to recuse himself from an upcoming case…

Why punish wrongdoing? Adapted from the writings of Dayan Yitzhak Grossman July 23, 2020 One of the fundamental issues raised by the fatal police shooting of Rayshard Brooks (as well as by the recent federal execution, the first in seventeen…

Was the Rayshard Brooks shooting justified? Adapted from the writings of Dayan Yitzhak Grossman July 16, 2020 Last week's article on the fatal shooting of Rayshard Brooks by Atlanta police officer Garrett Rolfe discussed the self-defense defense—the law of rodef,…