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Déjà Vu All Over Again
Screenshot of the Boro Park eventThere has been a lot criticism about Charedi bashing of late. Bashing - not so much from the secular Jewish media. But from Modern Orthodox quarters. Or to be more...
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What Defines Republicans and Democrats?
Former Speaker of the House, Newt GingrichOne of the more intelligent people - a friend who I believe considers himself a liberal and comments here regularly - made a comment in which I detected scorn...
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Should Yeshivos Reopen Now?
Are we ready for this yet?Grey is my favorite color. Well… not really. But it is the state of mind I am often in. I am one of those people that tend to see both sides of an issue. And if one of those...
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Health and the Economy - Food for Thought
Ex-CDC Chief Tom Freiden appearing before a House committee yesterday (CNN) There has been a lot of debate about opening up the country again. Which I believe should not be debated at all. The debate...
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Gratitude - There Are No Words
A well deserved Hakoras HaTov from Agudah and the CRCI love Chicago’s Jews. Not that I don’t love all Jews. I do. But there is something special about our Jews. I believe we are more unified than Jews...
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Misdirected Anger
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio (Arutz Sheva)It appears that the criticism of Mayor Bill de Blasio’s recent tweet will not go away. Here is what he said:My message to the Jewish community, and all...
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Bipartisan Support of Israel?
Senator Chris Murphy, one of the signatories to the letter (Arutz Sheva)What does bi-partisan support for Israel really mean? Are we about to lose it? That may in fact be a distinct possibility… if a...
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Bad Advice?
R' Chaim Soloveichik (Wikipedia)I have just been informed by a source (who shall remain anonymous) that 2 Charedi rabbinic leaders in a major American city, both of whom I genuinely admire and respect,...
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Why Charedim?
Ignoring the ban: Lag B'Omer yesterday in Meah Shearim (TOI)There has been a lot of discussion about why the Charedi community in both Israel and the United states was hit so hard by the coronavirus....
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The Status Quo of COVID
Something most of us haven't seen in a while (YWN)No matter how bad the situation seems to be at any given moment, something always happens to make matters worse. In so many different ways. With every...
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Telling It Like It Is
Ignoring the pandemic - attendees at a recent Charedi Wedding (TOI)Dynamite! That is the best word I can think of to describe the hard hitting words of Rabbi Yitzchok Adlerstein in his latest Cross...
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As If Things Aren't Bad Enough
Lakewood Police Logo (TLS)Last week, I mentioned in passing about an incident that took plcae in Lakewood that was a major Chilul HaShem. I did not specify what that event was all about other than...
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Why Did He Do It?
Aviram Ben-Uliel in court on May 18, 2020 (Ha'aretz)The guilty verdict was just. But no matter what Amiram Ben-Uliel’s sentence will be, it will not be just. Especially in a country that does not have...
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An Attitude of Mistrust Perpetuated by Isolationism
Students leaving a school caught violating the requirement to stay closedOK. I admit it. I am prejudiced. Well, not actually prejudiced. Because that implies that I have prejudged a community without...
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The Lack of Unity in Choosing Life
An outdoor Minyan in the UK (Stamford Hill) on Shabbos,back in April (VIN)So much for unity. It appears that Achdus is an increasingly unlikely option. Even among the most strictly observant among us....
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Is There Disunity Because of Frumkeit?
The Way We Were (Jewish Action)I know this subject has practically been ‘discussed to death’ (no pun intended). But I can't help it. The COVID-19 pandemic is on my mind constantly. As I’m sure it has...
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A Postscript Clarification
Mayor Lori Lightfoot;- 'Chicago not ready!'I got a lot of push-back yesterday. I disappointed with the Agudah position on re-opening Shuls - splitting with the OU/RCA/ CRC. Whose position is that Shuls...
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An Appeal to Skeptics
Blaise Pascal (Wikipedia)Life goes on. Albeit nothing like it was just a couple of months ago. There is lots to talk about in this regard, but I need a break. So I will save it for another time.The...
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Rabbi Twersky versus Insanity
The, Rosh Yeshiva of Tiferes Avigdor (screenshot)I remember Wickliffe. Wickliffe is a quiet suburb of Cleveland where Telshe yeshiva is located. It is where I spent the 1st 2 years of high school...
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The Media and Hydroxychloroquine
Dr. Zev Zelenko - proponent of the controversial drug HydroxychloroquineMy eyes have been opened. I used to give the benefit of the doubt to most journalists. I thought that even though every news...
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