The Pending Nuclear Deal with Iran Is a Gift to Vladimir Putin
Tehran and Moscow want to undermine the U.S.-led order.
March 22, 2022
The Biblical Injunction against Cross-Dressing, and the Difference between the Sexes
The sacred charge to build upon the foundation that God created.
“A woman may not don man’s apparel,” commands the book of Deuteronomy, “nor shall a man don woman’s clothing; for whoever does these things is abhorrent to the Lord your God.” As Moshe Kurtz explains, talmudic scholars have debated the reasons for, and applications of, these prohibitions—known in rabbinic scholarship by the Hebrew phrase lo yilbash (he shall not don). To an extent unusual in Jewish law, most rabbis agree that what constitutes male or female dress changes over time and should be determined by societal norms. Yet, Kurtz argues, such flexibility does not imply that the tradition views sex differences themselves as infinitely malleable:
March 22, 2022
Israel’s Major Arab Party Boycotts Volodymyr Zelensky
Though they seem to have no qualms about Russia’s occupation of its neighbor.
Could Religion and Tradition Be at the Heart of Israel’s Exceptional Demography?
Policy is not the primary driver of a future-oriented society.
Two Great American Jewish Novelists, Each of Whom Could Be a Character in the Other’s Fiction
Johanna Kaplan and the late Bette Howland.
The Biblical Injunction against Cross-Dressing, and the Difference between the Sexes
The sacred charge to build upon the foundation that God created.