Emanuel Rackman, leading Orthodox thinker, dies at 98 Pioneering rabbi earned praise, and attracted controversy, in trying to ease the plight of agunot, “chained women” whose husbands denied them a writ of religious divorce. By Ben Harris December 3, 2008 10:06 pm
Reform makes Chanukah plea in malaria fight The Reform movement is encouraging its members to dedicate one night of Chanukah to a charity project to fight malaria. December 3, 2008 2:32 am