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Fighting for Our Children
Yeshiva in Williamsburg (Forward)One of the most troubling aspects of the controversy regarding ‘public school equivalency’ requirements proposed by NYSED (New York State Education Department) is the...
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Hatred and the Social Network
The Massacre in Buffalo (NY Post)Hate. If I had to choose one word that describes our word today, it would be hate. Not that hate is always bad. The bible is filled with things and people we are...
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Who Killed Shireen Abu Akleh?
Al Jazeera reporter, Shireen Abu Akleh (CNN)The news about the death of an Al Jazeera reporter has fallen off the media radar. Her body was still warm when that news was replaced by the news about the...
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The Great Replacement Conspiracy Theory
I found it a little odd that the President so forcefully rejected the ‘Great Replacement Theory’ - adding that White Supremacy is a poison! ...and has no place in America. Not that I don’t agree with...
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There is a Difference
A violent COVID protest in Chasidic Boro Park in 2020 (Gothamist)“Hasidim routinely register their homes as places of worship to avoid property taxes, making other local residents pay for police and...
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Catastrophe Day
Illinois representative and Nakba supporter, Marie NewmanCatastrophe Day. Has kind of a somber and sympathetic ring to it. The idea is to solemnly commemorate a tragedy that befell an innocent people....
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Tolerance and Moderation is Key to the Charedi Future
Tolerance? Or an 'either/or'? (Mishpacha)I was a bit taken aback by Gedalia Guttentag’s article in Mishpacha Magazine last week. Using the same data I used recently to make a similar point about the...
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Religious Violence
R' Shaul Alter's followers (Ynet)Man’s inhumanity to Man. I mention this famous quote (often associated with the Holocaust) in light of what is going on in Ger right now:A Violent Schism Just Exploded...
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Sexual Abuse in the Religious World
Convicted rapist Weberman and his wife (NYP)Allegations of sexual abuse continues in what seems like a never ending parade of predators and cover-ups. As the following report notes: Not only was...
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A Modest Proposal
Parents in Uvalde, Texas, waiting for the dead to be identified (CNN)Salvador Ramos was not denied his second amendment rights. I’m sure that all the gun rights advocates in this country are pleased...
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No Policy on Gun Control?!
A family grieves at the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School (JTA)I never thought I would say this, but I side more with the Conservative and Reform movements than I do with Agudah on this issue....
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A Just Lawsuit by IRAC
IRAC Executive Director, Anat Hoffman (TOI)Even a broken clock is right twice a day. That is what went through my mind when I read the following in the Times of Israel: The Israel Religious Action...
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Will There Be Blood?
Jerusalem Day March last year (AP via TOI)Today is one of those days where I am proud to be a Jew. Actually there are a lot of days like that. Unfortunately – as often lamented here - not all of them...
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Hatzalah and Tznius
Isaac Hersh (New York Post)When the subject of Hatzalah, an Orthodox Jewish ambulance service first came up a few years ago, I was against it. I believed it wasn’t necessary since Chicago’s city...
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Is it ‘Torah True’ to Advocate for Ignorance?
The problem is I care. I have often been criticized even by those that agree with me that I should stop wasting my time criticizing those that do not. To just forget about this ‘impossible task’ of...
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The Future of American Support for the Jewish State
Young American Jews (JNS)It’s quite depressing. Disturbing even. These are my feelings after reading a JNS article by Jonathan Tobin about the direction American support for Israel is going. It is not...
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Litzman's 'Kiddush HaShem"
UTJ MK, Yaakov Litzman (TOI)He holds his head high, it appears. This is what Rabbi Yaakov Litzman of the United Torah Judaism party said about his resignation from the Keneset: "I conclude with great...
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The Directive to Believe in God
The Revelation at Sinai (Gateways)Tomorrow night begins the Yom Tov of Shavuos. This is the day we celebrate receiving the Torah from Sinai through Moshe, His servant. It is symbolized on this day by...
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The Way We Were
Bnos Yisroel (Jewish Action)One of the most troubling aspects of Orthodox Jewish leadership these days is the ‘My way or the highway’ approach to Judaism. An attitude they transmit to their particular...
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A New Day for Yoatzot?
A Yoetzet Halacha answering questions on a hotline (JTA)Is it a slippery slope towards the ordination of female rabbis? Or is it an important enhancement to observant Judaism? That, I believe is the...
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