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Being Black in America Should Not Be a Death Sentence!
Crowds protesting the killing by police of a black man (Time)America is not a racist country. Or is it? It’s almost hard to tell these days.It is nevertheless my belief that America is not racist at...
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A Different Kind of Shavuos
Shavuos 2020 (Chabad)Shavuos celebrates Matan Torah – God’s gift to the Jewish people - and ultimately to all of humanity. It is customary for many Jews to stay up all night studying the Torah in a...
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What Virus?!
NIH NIAID Director Anthony Fauci (NIH)I took another walk yesterday, the second day of Shavuos (Shabbos). It was a beautiful day in Chicago. Not a cloud in the sky. Which was as blue as I’ve ever seen...
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Rabbi Dr. Norman Lamm, Zichrono L’Vracha
Baruch Dayan HaEmes, Rabbi Dr. Norman Lamm, OBM (YU archives)By now most of the Orthodox world has heard the terribly sad news about the passing of Rabbi Dr. Norman Lamm. I intended to talk about the...
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Black Lives Matter
One of many global protests against racial injustice (CNN)That phrase his seen some controversy since it was first used. It was coined a few years ago during protests over the killing of Trayvon Martin...
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‘I Assure You Mashiach is Not Coming!’
Rav Yaakov Kamenetsky, ZTL (Wikipeida)I have long been a fan of Rav Ahron Lopiansky, An Ish Emes who is the Rosh HaYeshiva of the Yeshiva of Greater Washington - a Charedi Yeshiva. I believe that his...
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How Bad is He Really?
Tiananmen Square in Beijing 30 years agoThe answer to the question posed in the title is - Terrible!I can’t take it any more! Donald Trump is the worst President in my lifetime. Bar none. (In many...
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Trump, Lancet, HCL, Protests, and a Satmar Wedding
Hydroxychloroquine (WSJ)A couple of things have come up recently that are unrelated to each other but really trouble me. One of them is about the safety and effectiveness of hydroxychloroquine (HCL)...
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Will All These Protests Change Anything?
One of many peaceful protests against racism (NBC)I am happy to see an organization like Agudah of California taking a positive public stand on an issue of social justice. One of many Orthodox...
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The Racism Among Ourselves
Black Entertainer, Nissim Black - a convert to Judaism (Arutz Sheva)This morning I was sent a link to a Facebook post that really got to me. Not because of any surprises in it. But because of the...
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Suport for a Worthy Cause Should Not make People Stupid
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey being booed by protesters (CNN)Morons! That is the kindest thing I can say about the Minneapolis city council. This is what happens when knee jerk liberalism runs amuck. If...
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Charedi Youth Fighting Charedi Youth
ScreenshotI am not all that surprised. But I am nevertheless saddened every time I see something like this. (see video below).What has become of us? Where are the ‘people of the book’ that speaks about...
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Another Role Model for Charedi Women
Ola Sergatchov (VIN)If anyone thinks that being a Charedi woman in 2021 is in any way limiting, think again. Those of us that pay attention to such things already know this. But it would be nice if...
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Chauven, Flags, and Generals
Mug shot of murder suspect, Derek Chaven (National Review)I’m pretty good at playing devil’s advocate. In the case of someone that is universally considered to be tantamount to the devil himself, I am...
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COVID-19 - A Moment of Introspection
Image from Arutz Sheva for illustration purposes onlyIf only we had the Mesiras Nefesh (loosely translated: extreme dedication) to our ideals that the Hesder boys who put their lives on the line to...
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Rabbis Kobre, Bechhofer, and Kivelevitz
Elisheva Rishon - one victim of Orthodox racism (Nashim)I stand with the president, who said regarding the current nationwide unrest, “We cannot allow the righteous cries and peaceful protesters to be...
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The Shameless Bias of the Mainstream Media
CBS News Anchor - Norah O'Donnell (Newscast Studio)Anyone recall the impeachment hearings? Of course you do. But it is a distant memory of no significance to what’s happening in the world right now....
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Treating the Pandemic Lightly
So I bit the bullet. Last Sunday morning I ventured forth into the ‘pandemic wilderness’ to attend a Minyan in a Shul. Now that the CRC, OU, and RCA have begun allow Shuls to open up - I decided to...
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A Corruption of Judaism
Day school students watching protesters on June 3rd (JTA)Just when I thought I had said it all yesterday, I found this today in a JTA article: Yeshiva K’tana Torah Vodaath in Brooklyn (resumed)...
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Supporting the Police Doesn't Contradict Opposing Racism
Garrett Rolfe and Rayshard Brooks moments before the fatal shooting (CBC)Barry Goldwater, the late conservative Republican senator from Arizona famously said, ‘Extremism in the defense of liberty is no...
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