Adapted from the writings of Dayan Yitzhak Grossman October 21, 2021 Among the questions that arose during and after President Biden’s total withdrawal from Afghanistan was whether and how the U.S. should cooperate with Afghanistan’s new government, given that…
A booster for me or a first dose for you? Adapted from the writings of Dayan Yitzhak Grossman October 14, 2021 As public health establishments around the world have been formulating their COVID-19 vaccine booster shot policies and…
Adapted from the writings of Dayan Yitzhak Grossman October 7, 2021 U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor recently warned an audience of law students about the frustration of having to write dissents: “There is going to be a…
Adapted from the writings of Dayan Yitzhak Grossman October 1, 2021 A New Yorker article describes the plight of Mark Frerichs, an American Navy veteran and skilled engineer, carpenter, electrician, and mechanic who was captured by the Taliban in…
Adapted from the writings of Dayan Yitzhak Grossman September 17, 2021 There is a well-known fable of a Jew who built a sukkah in violation of a local ordinance. Someone complained, and on Erev Sukkos, the matter came before…
Adapted from the writings of Dayan Yitzhak Grossman September 10, 2021 President Biden has faced widespread criticism[1] over his withdrawal from Afghanistan, much of it directed against the breaking of his commitment that “if there’s American citizens left, we’re…
Adapted from the writings of Dayan Yitzhak Grossman September 2, 2021 In the wake of President Biden’s withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan and the subsequent fall of Kabul to the Taliban and the stranding of thousands of U.S.…
Adapted from the writings of Dayan Yitzhak Grossman August 26, 2021 Shmuel Silverberg, a nineteen-year-old yeshiva student, was fatally shot last week in front of Yeshiva Toras Chaim in Denver, in the culmination of a crime spree that included…
Adapted from the writings of Dayan Yitzhak Grossman August 19, 2021 Several months ago, Peter Kacherginsky and Rebecca Rose “got married on the blockchain”: In addition to a traditional Jewish ceremony, we wanted to solidify our vows in a…
Adapted from the writings of Dayan Yitzhak Grossman August 12, 2021 Federal authorities recently seized seventeen items, including “funeral scrolls, prayers for the dead, rules governing how a community member should behave in society, and other records,” from Kestenbaum &…