Traditional royal protocol dictates that men do a neck bow and women do a slight curtsy — though a handshake is considered acceptable as long as the queen offers her hand first. Harriet Quick ...

Question: Is there any halachic rationale for men to shake hands with women? Answer: Last week we noted that Rav Eliezer Silver would remark to women that a courtly bow, rather than a handshake ...

He mounted the rostrum with slow but agile dignity, and lowered his white-topped, ruddy-cheeked head in a courtly bow to the chairman. Then he began to speak slowly, deliberately, with ...