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The Basic Human Decency That is Joe Biden
The President speaking to Holocaust survivors at Yad VaShem (TOI)Sometimes what had the potential to be a Chilul HaShem turns out to be a Kiddush HaShem. That is exactly what happened a couple of weeks...
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Is the Republican Candidate for Governor an Antisemite?
Republican candidate for Governor of Pennsylvania, Doug Mastriano (JTA) “When you hear hoofs, think horse, not zebra.” The idea behind that logic is that one should first assume the most obvious...
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Abortion for Reasons of Convenience is Not a Blessing
Illustration from Business InsiderEchoing Rabbi Gil Student’s comment about a Reform Rabbi’s abortion, ‘I find this distortion of Judaism is so deeply disturbing.’It is precisely what Reform Rabbi...
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Two Wrongs Do Not Make a Right - Is More Than a Cliché
Scene at the Kotel this morning (JTA)Why must I get aggravated every Rosh Chodesh (the beginning of a new month on the Hebrew calendar)? It seems like a never ending battle between the forces of evil...
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R’ Yitzchak Tuvia Weiss, ZL
R’ Yitzchak Tuvia Weiss, ZL (VIN)I’m sorry to report the passing yesterday at age 96 of R’ Yitzchak Tuvia Weiss, the Gaavad (head) of the Eida HaCharedis. Any time a respected leader in Klal Yisroel...
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Having Your Cake and Eating It Too
Rabbi Yisroel Meir Greenberg (Jewish News)It never ceases to amaze me that there are rabbinic leaders that denounce government educational policies as anti-religious when they actually participate in...
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Ostracizing the Isolationists
It happened again. A woman had the audacity to sit in a front seat of a bus in Israel. For this she had her head handed to her. From Ynet:Video footage shows group of 20 men violently demand the woman...
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Why Do They Hate Charedim?
R' Moshe Sternbuch (YWN)There are 2 stories in the Jewish news media about which one can ask: Mah Inyan Shmitta Etzel Har Sinai – which roughly translates to, ‘What does this have to do with the price...
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Poorly Thought Out Rules and Their Consequences
Yeshivas Kol Torah (VIN)I get following the rules. I am a big fan of following rules. And I get suffering the consequences of not doing so. I have been a victim of that myself in my youth - having had...
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What Will Israel of the Future Look Like?
New immigrants from the Bnei Menashe community (Algemeiner)Interesting article by Jacob Sivak in the Algemeiner. Based on a 2014 prediction by Bar Ilan Futurist, Professor David Passig: Within the next...
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Operation Breaking Dawn
The 2 eliminated Islamic Jihad commanders (Jewish Press)In what can only be described as a surprise attack in Gaza , Israel has succeeded in taking out 2 leaders of Islamic Jihad in a military action...
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Too Much Religious Fervor
Extremist RW MK Itamar Ben Gvir on the Temple Mount yesterday (TOI)Is there such a thing as too much religious fervor? I think there is. It might be counter-intuitive to say this. But I think the...
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Marjorie Taylor Greene, Turx, and Dov Bear
Jake Turx (VIN)Chasidic political commentator, Jake Turx is kind of a legend in the ‘Frumie’ media. His publisher managed to secure a plumb assignment as part of the White House press pool. One of the...
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Anti Charedi Bias in the Job Market
Charedi nurses (TOI)Blaming the victim is never good idea. Even if there is some truth to that blame. Victim blaming is victim shaming. It’s humiliating and wrong. When someone gets attacked, whether...
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Dancing Women
Illustration of women dancing on Tu B'Av (OU)Tomorrow is Tu B’Av (15th day of the Hebrew month of Av). The modern day observance of this day seems to have evolved into singing and praying for...
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Chasidic Marriages - A View from Afar
Image for illustration purposes only (Ynet)I have no idea who Yehudis Fletcher is - let alone her religious orientation. Best I could tell from an article she published back in February of 2021 is that...
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The Enemy is Us
AG Merrick Garland and former President Donald Trump (Insider)I am beyond dismayed. The political polarization in this country seems to have reached a fever pitch, these days. Not that this level of...
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I am sorry to inform my readers of the passing earlier today of my brother, Jack Maryles, at age 93. I will be an Onein until after the funeral tomorrow and and will then be in Shiva for the rest of...
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My Brother Jack, ZL
My brother Jack about 3 weeks ago - shortly before his passingMy brother Jack was Nifter (died) last Sunday at age 93. He was my link to the past. I’m not talking about the Holocaust. Although he was...
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Are Charedi Women Missing Something?
ScreenshotEizeh Hu Asher? HaSameach Bechelko – Who is rich? Those who are happy with their lot (Avos 4).These are the words that came to mind after watching a video on Life in Israel entitled;...
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