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A Holocaust Story and a Question
My brother Noach was 2 years old. It was then when he was taken to a hospital. He wasn’t sick. But he was noisy especially when he cried. Noach, his three brothers, Yehuda, Koppel (Jack) and Berish...
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Ideological Extremism
An Israeli soldier scuffles with Palestinian protester (TOI)What’s the difference between Meah Shearim extremists and Religious Zionist extremists? Not much. One might think that the differences are...
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Inappropriate Behavior - When Does it Begin?
Opera star, Placido Domingo denies all the allegations (CNN)I am not shocked by the accusations made against opera star, Placido Domingo. Not because I knew anything special about him. But because he...
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Justice or Vengeance?
NY Governor Cuomo meets with survivors and advocates back in January (NYP)The State of New York just passed a law removing the statute of limitations on how long a survivor of sexual abuse can sue his...
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Should Israel Let them In?
Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar (Forward)I have to admit that I have mixed feelings about it. Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar – 2 of Israel’s harshest critics are (I believe) the only members of congress to...
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The Fallout of Banning Tlaib and Omar
US Congressional delegation visiting Israel (PBS screenshot)I was a bit premature yesterday. About 2 seconds after I said that Israel was considering reversing their decision to allow Rashida Tlaib and...
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YAFFED is Not the Issue
Eytan Kobre (Mishpacha)I guess that ‘kill the messenger’ is still part of their strategy. As it pertains to the world of Orthodox Jewry, there is currently a fight to defend religious rights. That...
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Joint Programs - Not a Good Idea
One of the founders of Reform Judaism in America, Rabbi Isaac Mayer WiseA few weeks ago, I posted my complete agreement with Rabbi Muskat with respect to his views about Charedim, Modern Orthodoxy...
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The Truth About the Charedi World
The Yeshiva- where young Charedim study Torah the vast majority of their timeI have to admit I was surprised. Not because I disagree. I don’t. I actually agree with just about everything that was said....
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The Jewish People are NOT Disloyal
The President answering media questions in the Oval Office (AP)I wish the President would just shut his mouth. For a change.This is not the first time garbage came out of it. But it might be the worst....
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Of Angry Retorts, Justice, and Money
New York Cardinal Timothy Dolan, and Agudah's Rabbi Chaim Dovid ZwiebelI am not a survivor of sex abuse. So I cannot put myself in the same place as someone that is. Which is why often say that I can’t...
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The Real Reason Palestinians Suffer
17 year old Rina Shnerb, killed on the West Bank by a terrorist bomb (JTA)There is little doubt that Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib is anti Israel - and by extension probably an antisemite too. (Despite...
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When Will They Ever Learn?
Typical Charedi students (TOI)The rhetoric on both sides of the Limudei Chol (secular studies) issue has gone beyond all reason. Each side accusing the other of nefarious motives. Meanwhile the core...
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Will this be the End of an Era?
The 2 accused rabbis against a backdrop of YU - courtesy the Forward (2012)This is yet another instance where I have mixed feelings. Yeshiva University is being sued by a group of 38 men with the claim...
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No! ...to Pluralism in Israel.
Reform leader in Israel, Gilad Kariv (JTA)Is there anyone that believes that the Jewish people can perpetuate Judaism without anything identifiably Jewish about it? If there was ever an oxymoron, this...
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Understandable - But Wrong Nonetheless
An Orthodox gay wedding?!I have expressed my views about homosexuality many times. No need to go over them again in detail. Suffice it to say that I am a firm believer in hating the sin but loving the...
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Ed Day - A Conservative Republican Antisemite
Rockland County Executive - Republican Ed DayI say it all the time. I lean politically conservative on most issues. I have no problem defending that since my views are based on religious views. That...
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Why HBO Did This
Scene from the HBO series 'Our Boys' (JTA)First let me state the obvious. The brutal ‘revenge’ murder of Palestinian teenager, Muhammed Abu Khdeir 5 years ago by burning him alive is was one of the...
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Voting on the Issues. Not for the Party
Johnson, Humphrey, McGovern, Carter, Reagan (twice) Bush-1, Clinton (twice), Gore, Bush-2, McCain, Romney, and Clinton. These are the Presidential candidates I voted for in my lifetime thus far. One...
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That the Truth Hurts Does Not Make it Less True
The end of the Jewish line for at least half of the 70% of Jews that intermarry.‘Honesty is such a lonely word.’ ‘Everyone is so untrue.’ ‘Honesty is hardly ever heard.’Those are the immortal words of...
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