YID emails: I have always wondered why you have such animus towards Rabbi Steven Weil and anyone who has anything to do with him. I have attended Beth Jacob since the time Rabbi Dolgin was there and have seen many rabbis pass through it’s doors. Some were certainly better than others, but gene...

Posted by Ellen W. Horowitz CONVERTED DEMOCRATICALLY Jews for Jesus is claiming 14 new Israeli converts for this month. And Israeli HOT Cable TV featured the head of the cult’s Israeli branch defending his activities as “democracy…freedom of expression, freedom of religion� , and “complete...

Posted by Ellen W. Horowitz (below is a response by Rabbi Riskin to my post: Did you hear the one about the Jewish Knight, the Pope, the Rabbi, and Jesus? Dear Rabbi Riskin, Thank you for your thorough response to my blog posting. I will certainly post your entire response, as well as link it to the...

UPDATE: Batya has follow-up posts on this issue here and on A7 Posted by Ellen W. Horowitz for Jewish Israel Riskin Drops a Bomb You can’t make this stuff up. The December 2008 Jerusalem Post Christian Edition has a feature article on Rabbi Shlomo Riskin’s new interfaith endeavor - Ohr Torah Sto...