Mentalblog links

Out of step Jew: For many years, R. Soloveithcik opposed changes in Halakhah for the reason of "al tifrosh min hatzibbu" � we shall not separate ourselves from the community. However, in these times, it is not the modern-Orthodox or the religious-Zionists that have separated themselves from the community, but the haredi rabbinic leadership.

Jerusalem Post: Student came for Torah, but found heroin. FLASHBACK
The Village Voice: The problems of young Lubavitcher Hasidim in a world without the Rebbe.