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Sending the Wrong Message, But Not Entirely
Actor Noah Galvin as Dr. Asher Wolke (fandom)One of my pet peeves over the years is how Hollywood portrays Orthodox Jews. To say the least, it is not in any way flattering. In fact it isn’t only...
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When Chasidic Rebbes Decieve
Image for illustration purposes only (Rationalist Judaism)If there is one sad thing we can learn about certain types of Chasidic Rebbes, it is that flouting the law is perfectly fine if you can get...
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With Malice Towards None - With Charity for All
President Joseph R. Biden taking the oath of office (Sky News)We have a new President, sworn into office today just before 12 noon Eastern Standard Time. I want to offer my congratulations and sincere...
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Rethinking Our Engagement with Heterodoxy
Rabbi Eliezer Melamed (YWN)A while back (well over 10 years ago) there was a bit of a dustup in the Charedi world when one of their own, Rabbi Yosef Reinman partnered with Reform Rabbi Amiel Hirsch in...
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Do These Rabbis have Blood on their Hands?
Yehuda Meshi-Zahav with his late mother Sarah (TOI)Yesterday a Chasidic wedding in the UK with 400 attendees was broken up by the police. This is yet another in a long series of egregious violations of...
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An Olam HaSheker
Police raiding a non compliant Yeshiva in Jerusalem (TOI)One of the things that was constantly drilled into my head as a young student by my religious teachers is that we live in an Olam HaSheker – a...
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Whose Fault is it, Anyway?
A burning bus in Bnei Brak (Life in Israel)Rabbi Moshe Gafni is a Charedi member (UTJ) of the Israeli Keneset . He recently reacted to the violent rioting against COVID restrictions in Bnei Brak....
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Changing the Charedi Attitude about the State of Israel
Violent protests continue (Jerusalem Post)As the clashes between Charedi protesters and the police in the Charedi areas of Israel continue, it actually doesn’t surprise me that they are being condemned...
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The impeachment Trial - A Counterproductive Waste of Time
House mangers delivering the article of impeachment (Deadline)I guess all the Trump haters in congress just can’t get enough of him. Which is kind of ironic since they couldn’t wait to get rid of him...
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Faith and COVID
Illustration from Christianity TodayThere are no atheists in foxholes. So goes the saying about getting religion when one’s life is in danger. It was originally said about non believing combat soldiers...
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Mainstream Media Bias is Alive and Well
Cybersecurity Chief, Anne Neuberger (NBC)When Anne Neuberger was chosen for a high position in the Biden administration, I had expressed pride in the fact that an observant Jewish woman from a Chasidic...
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The Pandemic: Worse Now than Ever
The COVID Tsunami (Mishpacha)It is sadly ironic that Mishpacha Magazine published an article about the violent protests against the enforcement of a lockdown in Bnei Brak is followed by an...
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The Passing of 3 Giants
It is with great sadness that I report the passing of 3 giants of the Torah world. All succumbing to COVID-19. R’ Dovid Soloveitchk, R’ Yitzchok Sheiner, and R’ Dr. Abraham J. Twerski. I never met any...
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A Role Model for Charedi Youth
Nechemia (Chemi) Trachtenberg (YWN)I know I keep repeating myself. But it is so frustrating to constantly see the kind of thing that happened yesterday in Israel. Thousands of Charedim glommed onto...
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Thank You to the Peacemakers
The new reality: Arabs and Jews (UWI)One of the biggest impediments to progress is to over rely on conventional wisdom. That was certainly the case when it came to those who ridiculed former President...
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Not all Charedim are Alike
Masked Chreadim in Jerusalem's old city last summer (TOI)There is nothing like a rational mind to make a rational conclusion. Which is why Rabbi Natan Slifkin’s blog is appropriately titled:...
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Danny Thomas, The Steipler, and Rabbi Dr. Twerski
Danny Thomas and a young R' Twerski (Seforim Blog)I don’t know how many people reading this are old enough to remember comedian Danny Thomas. But back in the 50s, he was a major TV star who had a...
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How Do They Do It?
Alexandra Fleksher (Mishpacha online)The always thoughtful Alexandra Fleksher explores an issue in her Mishpacha Magazine column that affects many Orthodox Jews. An issue that I like to call, ‘Keeping...
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Is it Bias? No. It's Reality!
R' Yitzchok Scheiner's Funeral (TOI)One of the things that I get upset about is being called a Charedi basher. I completely reject that accusation. It is false, If one reads my critical posts...
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All the (Former) President's (Orthodox) Men
Trump Attorney, David Schoen (TOI)I never heard of David Schoen. So when his name came up as the new attorney for Ex-President Trump after his initial team quit, I didn’t give it much thought. In fact...
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