Debates over counting women in a minyan are about more than fairness.

Near a town made famous by the New Testament.

Bigotry, not zoning laws, triumph in Mahwah.

The Rogachover Gaon.

Courts can punish religious violence without getting involved in the theological nitty-gritty.

Against the modern doctrine of fairness over all.

One rabbi’s argument that civil law is rooted in human reason.

Marcionites, Gnostics, and a Shavuot custom.

Perhaps not a curse after all.

And perhaps by love, too.

It’s not a clear-cut issue.

How the Hasmoneans changed halakhah.

The daughter of a voice.

Speaking coherently about difficult cases.