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Unfit for the Presidency
Attorney General William Barr (AP)I cannot tell you how much it pains me that it is a man like President Trump who has done so much for the economy, Orthodox Jewry, and Israel. (And there is not the...
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The Right to be Called Charedi
The recent Satmar weddingThe reason that Charedim call themselves by that name is because they want to identify as people that tremble at the word of God. The source of that word is in Yeshayahu where...
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Iran
Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini (Wikipedia) If there is a single issue that worries me the most about the pending Biden Presidency it is Iran. I do not think the danger posed by a strong Iran is arguable....
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Ignorance, Arrogance, and Blima Marcus
Protesters in Boro Park (Slate)It is almost a given that antisemitism looms large on America these days. At least as far as the Charedi world experiences it. There have been many articles written in...
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OTD, Footsteps, and 'Project Makom'
Image for illustration purposes only (Aeon)I honestly don’t know if all the accusations against ‘Footsteps’ are true. Which are mostly about how anti religious they are. That seems to be the almost...
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For Heaven’s Sake - Take Your Shot!
Antivaxxer, Rabbi Hillel Handler during a measles outbreak, (Jewish Star)In a day or two, the US will begin inoculating people with Pfizer’s COVID vaccine. This is the best news of a public nature I...
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A Happy Day - A Sad Day
HaGaon, Rav Gedalia Dov Schwartz ZTL (VIN)Today I experienced one of those rare situations of competing emotions. I was very sorry to hear of the loss of a giant among giants of Torah and Midos....
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Is Chanukah Despised?
Dreidel sculpture along NYC's Fifth Avenue (NYP)I have increasingly noticed that a lot of Orthodox Jews seem to give more credence to cultural values than religious ones. I see it whenever there is a...
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Vaccines as a Model for Chinuch
What many classrooms looked like since about mid March (Jewish Press)It has has been a tough year. But now there seems there is light at the end of the tunnel. Pfizer’s COVID vaccine has just been...
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Say It Ain’t So!
Fake NewsAt a time where so many lives are at stake I can’t think of any damage that can be much greater to the world of Orthodoxy than what I saw late yesterday. Damage that will be felt mostly in the...
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The Worst of Times
Something I thought I would never see: Bahrain and the UAE at the Kotel (VIN)The events that have been taking place in the US this year are extremely troubling. The pandemic is surely the most...
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Vaccinations, Rabbis, Masks, and Selfishness
R' Gershon Edelstein and Charedi health expert, Avraham Elimelech Firer (JP)The vaccines are finally here. Pfizer’s safe and highly effective vaccine has already begun being injected into medical...
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As Antisemitic as Ever!
The European Union High Court (Hamodia)I have often stated my utter contempt for Europe. My views haven’t changed. They have actually been enhanced by their embrace of the left wing humanistic ethos....
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COVID, the Supreme Court, and Religious Rights
It might seem contradictory. On the one hand I am a strong advocate of adhering to the policies established by health officials which they have determined to be effective in reducing the incidence of...
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The Problematic Georgia Democrat
Democratic candidate for 1 of the 2 Georgia senate seats, Raphael Warnock (Fox) The Coalition for Jewish Values (CJV) is an Orthodox Organization whose 1500 members are mostly Orthodox rabbis. To say...
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What Will Normal Look Like? If It Ever Gets Here!
It seems that the more COVID is spreading, the greater public resistance there is to taking the precautions against it seriously. It is almost as if there are two diametrically opposite forces at work....
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The Extreme Left of Orthodoxy
Is this an Orthodox event? (New York Jewish Week) I suppose this might be considered old news. And yet it has been repeated by the 2 organizations that represent the bulk of Orthodox Jewry outside of...
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As Another Election Looms, Will Netanyahu Do it Again?
Netanyahu and Biden (Times of Israel)I have said this before. But I think Israel’s parliamentary system of government is one of the most inefficient types of governments in the free world. Which is...
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The Wrong Stuff
Protesting Charedi students (screenshot)Once again, we are being subjected to the spectacle of young Charedi students in Israel protesting the arrest of a draft dodger. In what looks like hundreds of...
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A World Without Women
FlatbushGirl Adina Miles Sash (Times of Israel)The Charedi world is obsessed with sex. Yes. I know that it’s a shocking comment. I’m sure it will be seen as yet another attempt at unjustly bashing...
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