But Waldenberg’s determination is not universally held among Orthodox Jews — and one prominent rabbi who does not accept it is Hershel Schachter. In a 2017 Q&A, Schachter derided trans issues ...

Please contact us in case of abuse. In case of abuse, Report this post. Rav Hershel Schachter, Rosh Yeshiva at Yeshiva University, has, for some sixty years, successfully taught Torah to ...

But with much of the world already in a state of mourning as the coronavirus pandemic continues its deadly march across the planet, Rabbi Hershel Schachter made an allowance. In a religious ruling ...

Rabbi Hershel Schachter, a yeshiva head at RIETS, has been the leading voice in the recent chorus of condemnation. In a recent article, Schachter argued that having women lead services or read ...

One of them, Rabbi Hershel Schachter, said they would not have taken the vaccine if they had known it was not appropriate. The attorney general’s office said the relationship between James and ...

It has received the endorsement of Rabbi Hershel Schachter and Rabbi Mordechai Willig, among others, and was recently adopted by the RCA as their official halachic healthcare proxy. Ematai runs ...