Unorthodox-Jew
A Critical View of Orthodox Judaism

CAMP MESIFTA TORAH VODAATH - SUMMER 1948 On Friday, November 29, 1947, the United Nations debated the issue of partitioning the British Man...

Child predators specifically target minors because they're vulnerable. The physical appearance of the child is not a turn-on; the abil...

  NY Jewish leaders asked governor to release Hasidic abuser, records show   Rabbis from Haredi communities appealed to commute sentence of...

  There was a time when the word Jewish genius summoned images of chalk-dust, violin cases, telescopes pointed toward the heavens, and a ti...

  “I’m Famished”: The Excuse Maimonides Gave His Translator   From the moment he became chief physician at the royal ...

  Memory Lane: Rabbi Elias Karp   For decades, there was an iyun shiur given in Agudas Yisroel on 14th Avenu...

  Rabbi Lando to donors: Woe to us if the yeshivas close   Rabbi Dov Lando thanks US, European donors who gave large sums to yeshivas, but w...

  "Kollel should be a meritocracy — a place for the few who are truly destined for scholarship, not a refuge for the unwilling. Torah ...

  Restoring Sovereignty Never before in the history of our nation have our leaders had less latitude for decision-making. Michael Oren Nov 1...

  There is a single thread — dark, defiant, and utterly familiar — that runs through the Yom Kippur War, through the falling towers of Sept...