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The Enemy - is Denial
Left: Rabbi Uren Reich - Right: aftermath of Ger violence (VIN)One of the things plaguing Ger these days is the war between factions. It makes Ger look pretty bad. The latest example of this war has...
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Nero Fiddles While Rome Burns
Highest prices ever! ...and going up (NPR)I gotta get this off my chest. I do not recall a worse economy in my lifetime than the one we are now experiencing. The stock market is crashing. Retirement...
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The Select Committee's 'Indictment' of Trump
Liz Cheney at the hearings last Thursday (USA Today)The Select Committee to Investigate the Attack on the Capital on January 6, 2021 had its first – ‘open to the public’ hearing last Thursday evening....
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Silence in the Face of a Chilul HaShem
Image of Charedim for illustration purposes only (Tzarich Iyun)One might assume that what happens outside of their own immediate segment of Jewry shouldn’t concern us. That is a fallacy. A huge one....
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What Do the Parents Really Want?
Families in Williamsburg (JTA)One of the more troubling aspects of the dispute between NYSED (New York State Education Department) and Agudah, PEARLS, and other Orthodox organizations is the...
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The Battle Between Civil and Religious Rights Continues
An LGBTQ rally outside YU earlier this year (Jewish Press)Just when you thought religious freedom has won the day it has had its teeth kicked in by a decision of judge in New York City. Hopefully it is...
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May the Memory of the Wicked Rot!
Shlomo Carlebach’s first album - circa 1959 (popsike)It seems pretty clear to me. Anyone that sexually abuses another human being is not fit to reside among the living. It doesn’t matter whether they...
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UK Charedim Ought to Stop Championing Ignorance
200 Charedi protesters gathered outside Parliament (JC)I can understand why the Charedim that call the Stamford Hill section of London their home - would object to teaching matters they consider...
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What Jewish Education Should Look Like
Arie crown 8th grade Kumzits - Bill Ridick in center (Mishpacha)Mishpacha Magazine beat me to it. Most readers know my views on Jewish education. The long and short of it is that an ideal educational...
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Parental Values Should Not Be Contradicted by the Schools
A while back I discussedthe issue of transgenderism. Which is the phenomenon of someone feeling that they were born the wrong sex. I had linked to a lecture by Rabbi Efrem Goldberg whose unique...
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An Existential Crisis Requires Rethinking Religious Elitism
Not that I agree with everything he says. But there’s a quite a bit of wisdom here. Farley Weiss is quite right about the need to change the trajectory of American Jews leaving Judaism in such huge...
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A Quiet Revolution
Image from the Jerusalem PostOne thing all Charedim have in common, especially in Israel, is how they are seen by the non Charedi public. (Which includes not only secular Jews but even observant Jews...
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The Free Exercise Thereof...
Chief Justice, John Roberts (Wikipedia)It is impossible to overstate the value of a Jewish education. If recent polls with respect to the fate of the American Jew tell us anything – it tells us that....
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Going too Far? Extreme Requirements for Women
There was another Internet Asifah a few days ago. This one for women only.It’s been a relatively long time since the last one where Rabbi Ephraim Wachsman implored the audience to heed the words Rav...
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Although I had planned to write a new post today, a family Simcha, (my granddaughter's engagement party - or Vort... or L'Chaim - pick your choice) precluded any chance of my writing anything. It...
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An Inconvenient Pregnancy
The abortion debate (JTA)Well, it finally happened. By a 5-4 majority, the Supreme Court has overturned Roe V Wade. Which had given constitutional protection to the right of a woman to abort her...
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Israel's Political Chaos
Bennett, Netanyahu, and Lapid (JTA)Here we go again. Israel’s governing coalition did not last very long. It is about to dissolve and new elections will be held – probably in late October.This will be...
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Cassidy Hutchinson and MAGA People
Cassidy Hutchinson, former aide to WH chief of staff Mark MeadowsI am a point where I am beginning to think that MAGA people are insane.I do not say this lightly. They are not evil people. Their intent...
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Frum and Gay
A gay 'wedding' ceremony (Forward)Is it possible for a Homosexual to be a fully observant Jew? Of course it is. What is not possible is for an Observant Jew to deliberately sin and call himself...
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Imposing One's Stringencies on Others
Image for illustration purposes only (NBC)There are many colors to the rainbow. This is how I see the observant factions of the Jewish people. As long as they do not impose their ways on others - or...
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