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Jonathan Pollard and the ‘Anti Semitism’ Card
Jonathan PollardFormer Governor of New Mexico, Bill RichardsonFormer Secretary of State George ShultzFormer FBI and CIA head, William WebsterFormer Senator David DurenbergerFormer Congressman Lee...
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Much Ado about Nothing
Yair NetnayahuHow many people know that Chabad founder, the Baal Hatanya’s youngest son, Moshe, converted to Christianity? (Chabad denies this. Documents have been found and archived that confirm it –...
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Yet another Call for Divisiveness
Rabbi Avi WeissI have to disagree with the Jewish Press editorial board. In their latest editorial, they have castigated the RCA for not openly denouncing the forces of Open Orthodoxy (OO). I am...
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The Holocaust in Color
Wagon filled with corpses at Buchenwald crematorium, April 18, 1945We’ve seen these images before. But Yori Yanover is right. Seeing them in color takes it out of the ‘fog’ of all those black and white...
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Should Achdus Include Extremists?
'National trash can' in the 'Chardak manufacturing factory' (Photo credit - Ynet)One of the themes of this blog, as most people who read it regularly know – is Achdus. I go to great lengths to try and...
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Outreach - A Challenge to Jewish Educators
Holy Warrior - R' Avrohom Abba Freedman by Gary TorgowThere is a commandment in the Torah (Devarim31:12) that requires us to gather men, women, and children together and listen to the words of the...
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A Dissenting View From a Charedi Insider
Guest Post by Aryeh Leib Kimmel*Nachal Charedi CeremonyI received a submission from an individual whose background and Charedi credentials are impeccable. .. and he remains Charedi to this day.He...
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What Do Women Want?
Now there’s a loaded question if I ever saw one. Has anyone ever asked, ‘What do men want’? Be that as it may, I think that as it pertains to Orthodox Judaism it is a legitimate question. But I would...
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Limmud – Yes or No?
Rabbi Gil StudentHe makes a good argument but falls a bit short. I must admit, however, that in a recent article in the Jewish Press, Rabbi Gil Student makes some very valid observations – both pro and...
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Charedi Suicide Squads
Rabbi David Zicherman - Photo credit:Kikar HaShabbat (Jewish Press)Not that I am surprised at this turn of events. But it still doesn’t make me any less disturbed by it. Yesterday there were...
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Jonathan Rosenblum on Sexual Abuse
Project Innocent Heart founder, Rabbi Moshe Bak - Photo credit: MishpachaI really don’t want to become a sales rep for Mishpacha Magazine. But once again I feel compelled to comment on a wonderful...
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Tradition Versus Halachic Innovation
I have written extensively in opposition to some of the innovations by the left wing of Modern Orthodoxy. I believe that innovations that are outside the mainstream and that have their root in non...
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You Must Know What You Don’t Know
HaRav Selig Starr, ZTLI believe it was last year when a respected Rav of the right got up on the podium of the Agudah convention and said that the Gedolei Yisroel are virtually infallible. Well, maybe...
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Shas HaShmad or Kiddush HaShem?
We need to see more of these soldiersIf this is Shas HaShmad (forced conversion out of Judaism), then I’ll take it. It’s stories like this that give lie to the charge that a Charedi draft is anti...
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Orwell or Chamberlain?
Big Brother is watching!There are a lot of people who consider Peter Beinart an enemy of Israel. But I am not one of them. I am convinced that he believes that he has Israel’s best interests at...
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Will Modern Orthodoxy Survive?
Flagship School of MODovBear has an interesting guest post that generated a lot of responses (260 comments as of this writing). I admit I haven’t read the comments. But I do have some thoughts on the...
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Mr. Foxman, Stop Crying Wolf!
Abraham Foxman, National Director of the ADLDoes antisemitism exist in the world today? Of course it does. One would have to be blind, deaf, and dumb to believe it doesn’t. It always has and it...
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Walking a Mile in Someone Else's Shoes
Leah Vincent as she appeared on Katie Curic's talk showIf there is anything that could turn someone off from Yiddishkeit it is the following , reported by Rabbi Yair Hoffman in the 5 Towns Jewish Times...
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One of a Kind
Rabbi Meir Schuster, ZTLRabbi Meir Schuster founded Heritage House 26 years ago to provide warm and comfortable accommodations for Jewish travelers in the heart of the Old City. Jewish travelers from...
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Orthodoxy and Physical Contact between the Sexes
Racheli Ibenboim chatting with journalist Tenenbom - Photo Credit: ForwardIt happened again. A religious Jew has made public that he refuses to shake a woman’s hand. From Matzav:Shneur Zalman Odze, a...
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