More on Kol Isha

In the most recent edition of The Commentator, a YC student wrote an article challenging the legitimacy of the three thousand year old prohibition against kol isha, the voice of a woman. Interwoven with logical leaps used to legitimate his idiosyncratic interpretations of the text was the underlying theory that halakha is subjective, a theory that almost never holds water.

Mordechai Levovitz responds

First, let me express my utter amusement at the irony and obvious contradiction presented to me on a platter by most of the authors who submitted 'Letters to the Editor' or wrote columns concerning my articles in last issue's Commentator. What could be funnier than people relying on their own personal (layman) halakhic opinions asserting that I (and laymen in general) do not have the right to assert personal halakhic opinions! Do I really have to articulate the inherent inconsistency that is screaming to us behind most of these diatribes? One author even had the "gall and audacity"(another author's words) to claim that "halakha is not a cultural code of conduct"...pray tell, which Gadol or halakhic authority did this author consult before making such a rash and controversial assertion?

Long Live MTA

As a parent of a student currently at Central, I find it appalling that YU should even be considering the closure of any of its high schools. As a teacher, and one who is somewhat familiar with the current educational industry, I can say that there are very few schools within the New York area that offer the high academic standards of the YUHS system.

Offense Taken

It's disturbing to see that The Commentator, with the publication of its recent Purim issue, has continued to perpetuate the time-honored Jewish tradition of being an "am m'forad," by promoting divisiveness and dispute within the YU community.

Tastefully Funny

When I read the Purim edition this year, I was pleasantly surprised.