There are many that have said that the recent bans promulgated by the Gedolim (i.e. Rabbi Slifkin, the Lipa concert, The Making of a Gadol a...

An editorial appeared today on Matzav.com concerning whether or not it is acceptable to publicly question " da'as torah " or ...

R. Jonathan Rosenblum has a column on Cross Currents dealing with the issue of whether or not the current kollel situation is sustainable i...

Yeshiva World News is reporting that several rabbanim in Israel (including Rav Wosner, Rav Eliyashiv and others) have ruled that one is not...

I'm sure that most of you remember the debacle that occurred last year concerning Lipa Schmeltzer's "Big Event" concert. ...

Firstly, I'd like to thank everyone who wished me well when I was feeling ill earlier this week. I had been under the weather to one de...

Blog In Dm points us to a news article on HaMercaz about a play for women that was banned in Lakewood yesterday. There were two things ab...

I'm sorry folks. I know it seems like I'm beating a dead horse but I can rarely resist when I see letters like this. This week'...

Sometimes it's nice to receive a confirmation of one's words. A few weeks ago, in this post , I said the following: In the past, ged...

In the aftermath of the BigEvent concert cancellation, BloginDM has an excellent set of questions that need to be answered regarding what t...

Last week, Yossi Ginzberg wrote an excellent guest post for this blog on why gedolim fail. His basic thesis is that due to the global natu...

This guest post was sent to me by Yossi Ginzberg. It deals with how our relationship with our gedolim have changed over the years. I'l...