Asher Lopatin

For prospective Orthodox converts, process marked by fear and uncertainty

After Rabbi Barry Freundel’s arrest, would-be converts say there’s a wider problem in Orthodox conversion than voyeurism: lack of clarity and consistency about the requirements and timetable.

By Uriel Heilman October 28, 2014 2:12 pm

Partnership minyans grow among the Orthodox grassroots, despite leaders’ condemnations

The battle over partnership minyans is just the latest scuffle in the war over women’s roles in the Orthodox community. Is it just a matter of time before these semi-egalitarian minyans go mainstream?

March 4, 2014 2:31 pm

Agudath Israel condemns Chovevei Torah for multidenominational roundtable

With the liberal Orthodox Yeshivat Chovevei Torah set to install Rabbi Asher Lopatin as its new president, the haredi Orthodox Agudath Israel of America is slamming a planned multidenominational panel as “doing violence” to Orthodox principles.

September 30, 2013 3:10 pm