NYJW Opinion

That the Orthodox Union has come out prohibiting member congregations from employing women as clergy is not surprising, but is nonetheless dismaying. This expected move places our Modern Orthodox rabbinic leadership another step closer to permanent irrelevancy. How can a movement describe itself as “modern” when it bases its definition of women’s roles in our […]

With huge disappointment, I learned that Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Syria, Sudan and Yemen were named by President Trump as seven countries in his executive order ban on refugees (“As Immigration Crisis Deepens, Jews, Muslims Draw Closer,” Feb. 3). Visiting Sudan a few weeks ago on a humanitarian mission to the Salam Center for Cardiac […]