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The Man in the Mirror

New York State Assemblyman, Simcha Eichenstein (VIN)My admittedly unsolicited advice to New York State Assemblyman, Simcha Eichenstein is to look in the mirror. He is but the latest prominent Orthodox...

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How Can Religious People Support the President?

Among friends (Jerusalem Post)This morning on the CBS Morning News, a 94 year old Evangelical Christian woman in Ohio (a battleground state where there is currently a statistical tie between Trump and...

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Acceptance of - or Changing One's Sexual Orientation

Rabbi Benny Lau (VIN)Balance. That is one of the fundamental requirements of living in a world that is full of contradictions. I try to apply this concept in just about everything I do. No less on an...

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The 'Absolute Morality' of Liberal Orthodoxy

The pretense is gone! Liberal Orthodoxy is now the Torah of the left. It is a doctrine that is constantly being heard on campuses all over the land. A philosophy reflected by the media with little to...

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Selfish Deceptions

Photo for illustration purposes only (TOI)I wish I could say that this kind of thing is an anomaly. I used to think so. But I see it again and again. It is not an anomaly at all. It is almost a way of...

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Is Orthodoxy in Danger?

In the beginning - Torah & science seem to agree - the Big Bang is Creatio ex Nihilo A fascinating question was asked on a Facebook forum to which I belong. Prior to the Holocaust, many Jews had...

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The Letter and the Rally

It’s complicated. At least for someone like me.  But that is not the way most Orthodox Jews feel about the President. The vast majority support him (over 80% according to a recent poll undertaken by...

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A Bad Psak

I know he means well. Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef truly believes he has discovered a major problem plaguing the Jewish people. One which he feels he must warn us about lest massive numbers of women continue...

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The Pandemic and Charedi Dropouts

Yeshiva students at the beach (VIN)A few days ago, my assertion that there has been a major increase in the number of Charedim going OTD was challenged. I was asked on what this was based. I thought it...

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It's Not His Fault!

CBS Morning News (Screenshot) I just gotta say that blaming Trump for the increased number of COVID patients is proving to be just as false as I said it was from the very beginning. He hasn’t done...

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Ignoring Agudah

R' Soloveitchik (seated next to him, (L-R) R' Aharon Kotler and Irving Bunim‘I could not care less what’s going on in Agudah!’ This is more or less the translation of comment made in Yiddish by Rav...

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Trump? Or Biden?

Trump and Biden (CNN)What do Neo-Nazis and Orthodox Jews have in common? One might be startled at this question. How in heaven’s name can these two groups have anything in common with the former...

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The Day After...

What may happen the day after the election (USA Today)What is happening to my country?! We are tearing each other apart! The country is so politically divided that I fear the consequences of the next...

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Can't We Stop Hating Each Other Over Politics?

Today’s the day. Americans will be determining the direction this country will be going for the next four years. We may not know the results today. But we will know them soon. Even if there are...

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It Ain’t Over Till It’s Over

Too close to call - Electoral map as of  approximately 9:00 am todayIf Biden wins the Presidency, there is somewhat of a silver lining in the very dark cloud of a liberal/left Presidency. It is the...

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An Analysis of the Jewish Vote

Jewish support for Trump (Jewish News of Northern California)Truth is I’m getting tired of talking about the election.  I wish it was over. Even if it turns out that Biden will be the winner. Which at...

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An Un-Orthodox Wedding

Gay couple whose 'marriage' was performed by Rabbi Avram Mlotek (JTA)I’m sorry. But referring to Avram Mlotek as an Orthodox rabbi is as ridiculous as referring to the Pope as Jewish. I don’t know how...

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President-Elect Joseph R. Biden

Biden's victory speech last night (LA Times)It’s Joe Biden. He will be the 46thPresident of the United States come January 20th 2021. Congratulations to Joe Biden and his running mate, Vice...

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The Passing of Two Giants

Rav Dovid Feinstein, ZTLTwo great rabbinic leaders passed away over the weekend: Rav Dovid Feinstein and Lord, Rabbi Jonathan Sacks*.Rav Dovid Feinstein, ZTL, was the Rosh HaYeshiva of Mesivta Tifferes...

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On the passing of Chief Rabbi Sacks, Zecher tzaddik v’gadol livrachah

By Paul ShavivAs every reader of this blog surely knows, on Shabbat morning, former Chief Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks passed away from cancer, at the sadly young age of 72. We were close friends for...

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