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Should Conversions Be Performed Only by the Chief Rabbinate?
Rabbi Berel Wein (Arutz Sheva)In a recent op-ed, Rabbi Berel Wein notes that Israel’s conversion controversy has not gone away.As he notes an updated bill now being considered by the Keneset is one...
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Police Lives Matter
Woman protesting police shooting of Jayland Walker (Ideastream)The media is near apoplectic about a police shooting that took place in Akron a week ago. From CBS:A newly released video of police...
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An Alternate Universe
Baruch Lebovitz (Nww York Daily News)Sometimes I feel like I’m living in an alternate universe. Where good equals bad and and bad equals good. This is how I felt after reading an obituary of serial...
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Here We Go Again
An FBI agents searching for evidence in Highland Park (NPR)I was hoping that I wouldn’t have to repeat myself. But it appears I have no choice. Once again we have been subjected to the horror of a...
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Baruch Lebovitz Revisited
Jerusalem funeral of Baruch Lebovitz (JTA)A couple of days ago. I was challenged about what I said about the death of convicted sex offender, Baruch Lebovitz. Particularly the following portion of it:...
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Whose Fault Is It Really?
The Kotel (JTA)I wish I could say ‘I don’t get it.’ Unfortunately I do. There are elements within the Charedi world that act like animals under the guise of righteousness. This is not new. Incidents...
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Is Sexual Abuse an Unforgivable Crime?
The gut response to the question asked in subject line is, ‘Absolutely!’ But can it really be true that a convicted sex offender can never do Teshuva (repent)? I think he can. I believe that anyone...
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Chasidim and the Amish
It never ceases to amaze me when educated people defend a system that eschews the very education they received. A system that they would never send their own children to. It has happened again.Joseph...
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The Influence of 'Daas Torah' in Chilul HaShem
What can one say about a Rosh Yeshivah (that)hates any Rav or any Torah figure that has a touch of modernity to him… (and) if you are pro-WZO (World Zionist Organization), he is finished with you. Or...
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Exposing the True Colors of the Left
MBS seen here with former President Trump (Brookings)I don’t know what to expect from his trip to the Middle East. But it’s interesting to note that President Biden went to Israel first, will visit...
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Sexual Assault in the IDF
IDF soldiers in a mixed gender unit (TOI)Sometimes political correctness (PC) can be our worst enemy. I am not dismissing it in its entirety.. There are valid reasons to be PC in some cases. If for...
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The Rape and Abortion of a 10 Year Old Girl
The Tzitz Eliezer - R' Eliezer Waldenberg, ZTL (Wikipedia)Unfortunately a recent troubling event demonstrates exactly why it was in the interest of observant Jewry that Roe v Wade not be overturned....
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Shaking Hands with the Opposite Sex
There has been a lot of discussion about an Orthodox Jewish woman’s refusal to shake President Biden’s hand during his recent visit to Israel. Halacha forbids physical contact between men and women...
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The Kollel
Rabbi Moshe Francis and Rabbi Dovid Zucker (Mishpacha)I was pleased to see a picture on the cover of last week’s Mishpacha Magazine, two of my favorite people: Rabbi Dovid Zucker and Rabbi Moshe...
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The Rising Popularity of Israeli Extremists
Otzma Yehudit chairman Itamar Ben-Gvir (VIN)Truth be told, I don’t know much about Otzma Yehudit chairman Itamar Ben-Gvir. What I do know about him is not anything I would support in any kind of...
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The Growth of Chabad and Messianism
Sign posted in several Chicago locationsThere is a fascinting article by Joel Hoffman in the Times of Israel that contrasts the fall of the Conservative movement with the meteoric rise of Chabad....
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With Whom the Fault Lies
Light Rail protester being detained by police a few days ago (TPS)When societies do not protect their citizens from violent criminals, the results are tragic Innocent people get hurt – even killed....
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The First Case of Polio in a Decade
NY State Senator, James Skoufis (UWI)The first case of Polio in the US in over a decade was contracted by an Orthodox Jew.So says the headline in theJerusalem Post. That drew the ire of NY State...
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Are We Going to Hell in a Handbasket?
Extremist RW supporters of Trump storming the Capitol on Jan 6th (Bloomberg)It’s sometimes hard for me to believe that they’re brothers. The differences between R’ Aharon Feldman and his brother, R’...
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Belz - A Bright Light in Israel
Yissachar Dov Rokeach - The Belzer Rebbe (Wiki)The fact that I descend from prestigious Chasidic stock may be of interest to those who know of my criticism of that world. The fact is that I have very...
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