Message from a Charedi Reader
Just got this in an email. Thought it would demonstrate how some Charedim feel about me and the MO community. He identified himself by name. But I did not get permission to reveal his indentity. So I...
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Big Win for Orthodoxy but Not for DaasTorah
Hard to believe that I’m a bit late to the party, considering that the preliminary results of the WZO elections were just published. But YWN and Rabbi Yitzchok Adlerstein beat me to the punch. That,...
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As Things Stand Now...
2 of the most recent 866 IDF soldiers killed in Gaza since the war began (TOI)There have been 866 IDF soldiers killed in Gaza since October 7th, 2023, when Hamas committed one of the most heinous...
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The Unity of All the Jewish People
The brief Post October 7th unity of the Jewish people (PBS)Once again, the subject of unity has come up. This time in a Jerusalem Post opinion piece. I consider myself second to no one when it comes to...
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Four Antisemites Who Insist they Aren't
Greta Thunberg being offered a sandwhich by an IDF 'kidnapper' (JTA)It is getting easier to be an antisemite these days and get away with it. That’s because all one has to do is claim that their...
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Isolationists, Hawks, and Israel
U.S. Army Gen. Michael E. Kurilla, commander of U.S. Central Command (JI)How serious is the threat of a military attack against Iran? Is the president’s bellicose rhetoric just words? Does he abhor the...
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Is Israel About to Attack Iran?
Iran's Suprme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Hosseini Khamenei (Ynet)This morning, there were reports in the mainstream media that the U.S. is evacuating personnel from some of its bases in the Middle East. The...
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Operation Rising Lion
Another one bites the dust: IRG head, the late General Hossein Salami (News18)I had a hard time falling asleep last night after hearing the news about Israel’s attack against Iran. But I’m feeling a...
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Israel's Righteous Mission
Images of war (The Autralian)So far, there are no boots on the ground. (Hopefully there never will be.) And yet, the damage inflicted on the terrorist Islamic regime of Iran is so severe that they seem...
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What Will They Talk About?
What will their talk tonight be about?I am not angry at the Charedi world. On the contrary, I am a big fan and supporter of their devotion to Torah study, which is unlike that of any other segment of...
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The Necessity of Total Victory
Not ruling out taking out Khamenei (ABC)Winston Churchill often emphasized the necessity of total victory and unyielding resolve in the face of adversity. Famously saying, ‘Never give in, never, never,...
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The Amazing Nechama Spiegel
Captain Nechama Spiegel (Arutz Sheva)I have said this before, but it bears repeating: the Charedi world’s evolution from a male breadwinning society into a female breadwinning one owes a tremendous...
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Taylor Greene, Carlson, and the President
No longer on the same page (Daily Mail)Antisemitism knows no political bounds. It doesn’t matter how far apart the antisemites of the world are politically - whether they are far-left progressives or...
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Moving On - Naftuli Moster's Teshuva
Naftuli Moster pictured at a recent podcast interview (VIN)I’m glad to hear that Naftuli Moster has done Teshuva. Some might recognize that name as the founder of YAFFED, an organization established to...
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Operation Midnight Hammer
General Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of StaffI don’t even know where to begin. But let me start by saying that I have never been prouder of my country than I am right now. The President of...
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Rethinking Political Loyalties
Senate Majority leader, Chuck Schummer - an ungrateful Jewish DemocratMy ecstatic approval of the U.S. strike against Iran’s nuclear facilities should not be mistaken for triumphalism. We are clearly...
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Is Peace Really at Hand?
The president expressing anger at Israel this morning (People)Breathtaking! That is the only way to describe how quickly things can change in the Middle East. Yesterday the president was quite happy at...
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Schadenfreude
Among those too eager to declare the US attack at Fordow a failureI find it both amusing and disappointing that the president’s critics are expressing so much joy over reports suggesting that the...
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The New Face of the Democratic Party?
Zohran MamdaniIt might seem like a hard sell after what happened in New York on Tuesday, but I still firmly believe that the majority of the American people still support Israel. Even if they criticize...
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The 2-State Solution Revisited
The signing of the Abraham Accords at White House (Israel Hayom)I’m still angry about the Democrats’ and mainstream media’s automatic acceptance of a low-confidence quick assessment leaked by the...
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The New Democratic Party
Zohran Mamdani interviewed on Meet the Press today (Screenshot)I have to admit that I’m amused by the hand-wringing going on among mainstream Democrats after a young Socialist came out of nowhere to...
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Saving American Jewry
Reconstructionism founder, Mordecai Kaplan (My Jewish Learning)It could almost have been written by me. Ari Witkin, the senior director of philanthropy at Detroit’s Jewish Federation summarizes quite...
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Uniforms, Uniformity, and Truth
As I began my daily 20-mile bike ride yesterday, I passed by the local Charedi boys’ day school (as I do every day) and noticed that the children (about 6 or 7 years old) coming out of the building...
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It Ain’t Over – Till It’s Over
Orthodox Jewish day school childrenMark Twain once said in response to a newspaper report of his death, “Reports of my demise are grossly exaggerated.”I don’t want to overstate my renewed hope...
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Sean Combs and Chaim Rotter
Sean “Diddy” Combs (ABC)It’s hard to fathom the depths of depravity in which Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs had engaged. I watched with horror as the media reported the chilling testimonies of his victims during...
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