Chaim Trachtman

Chaim Trachtman is Clinical Professor of Pediatrics and chief of the division of nephrology at NYU Langone Medical Center. He was one of the founders of the Kol Echad partnership minyan in New Rochelle, NY. He is the editor of the book Women and Men in Communal Prayer: Halakhic Perspectives.


Articles by Chaim Trachtman

Do We Really Need the JOFA Conference?

They overflow the curbs of Eastern Parkway. With their black hats, beards, and suits, they are an inverse image of ...

Doctors and Matchmakers: A More Perfect Union?

Everybody wants the best for their children, especially when it comes to marriage. The choice of a spouse by a ...

Taking Sides on Hanukkah

I often wonder what group I would have belonged to when people were being asked to stand up and be ...

What Happens When Our Heroines Fail Us?

One of the great disappointments of this summer has been finding out, with the publication of Harper Lee’s Go Set ...

Megillah, Matzah, and Equality

This is an exciting time of the year to be an observant Jew. The religious momentum in the months of ...

Safety Doesn’t Happen by Accident

I hope we can all agree that the tragedy of the Freundel case is the harm that was done to ...

Why I’m Skipping a Verse During My Morning Prayers

I pray every day. Most days the early morning cerebral fog is pretty dense and my anxiety about being late ...