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What Are Modern Orthodox Priorities?
Image for illustration purposes only (Jerusalem Post)I don’t necessarily think he’s wrong. But Avi Ciment’s solution to change the trajectory of so many MO (Modern Orthodox) young people dropping...
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Right Idea. Wrong Guy!
Naftuli Moster at a 2019 press conference (JTA)Imagine the following headline: ‘Kanye West announces the creation of a publication dedicated to fighting antisemitism!’ Is there anyone that would trust...
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The New Morality of Self Indulgence
Face the Nation moderator, Margaret Brennan (YouTube)Anyone that denies there’s a culture war going on in western civilization isn’t paying attention. The ‘war’ is between those of us that believe that...
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Rabbi Aaron Twerski’s Agudah Address
Professor Aaron Twerski (Matzav)There has been a lot of talk about the address given by Rabbi Aaron Twerski at the Agudah convention last week. Most of it has been about his complaint that there is no...
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Antisemitism and the 'Disappearing Jew'
Doug Emhoff and VP Kamela Harris (ABC News)American Jews are disappearing. At least those that are non observant. That is made obvious by the high intermarriage rate (over70%) among non observant Jews....
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Why Netanyahu Wins and Charedim Lose by Virtue of Winning
Image for illustration purposes only (TOI)There’s a lot of hatred of him out there. Benjamin Netanyahu - the former and future prime minister of Israel is reviled by many Jews both in Israel and...
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Is There Really a Shidduch Crisis?
Charedi couple from the Yeshiva world on a date (TOI)The answer to the question in the title is not so simple. At least not for young unmarried people struggling with this issue. First let me qualify...
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Will the Charedi Parties Turn Israel into a Theocracy?
Women of the Wall reading from a Torah at the Kotel (TOI)One of the things many Israelis fear about the new power Charedi parties now have - is that they will begin shoving religion down their...
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What Ever Happened to Common Sense?
Women as tank commanders in Israel (JNS)I don’t know how it happened. But common sense seems to have become a lost art. What used to be common sense just a few years ago is now considered unethical,...
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The Truth About Chasidim
Young students of Yeshiva Mesivta Arugath Habosem (NYT)Yet another negative article against the Chasidic community has once again been featured in the New York Times. Considering that there has been an...
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Is Modern Orthodoxy a Moral Failure?
Ben Shapiro (NPR)I am not a Ben Shapiro ‘groupie’. I do not follow him regularly much less hang on every word he says. I do, however, generally agree with his politically conservative worldview. Often...
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Why Most Charedi Demands are Foolish
UTJ head, Rabbi Yitzchak Goldknopf (i24 News)Sometimes we are our own worst enemies. By we, I mean Orthodox Jews. Or more precisely Charedi Jews. Specifically the Charedi members of the incoming...
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Torah U’Mesorah did... What?!
Fuentes, Trump, West... and Torah U'Mesorah, - Besties? (CBC)I am SHOCKED! This is beyond incredulous. How in the world can the primary organization responsible for the vast majority of educating our...
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Why He Did it and Why He’s Wrong
The Satmar Rebbe of Williamsburg, R' Zalman Teitlebaum (JTA)I do not hate Satmar. Not even a little bit. In fact as I have said many times, my experiences with Satmar Chasidim have been nothing but...
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Abie Silverstein, ZL - an Irreplaceable Friend
‘Why did they inflict their Simcha on me?’ This classic but politically incorrect line is typical of the humor of Abie Silverstein. Who at age 75 passed away last night at about 7:15 PM.Avrohom Shmuel...
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Taking One For the Team
Scene of the crime in Meah Shearim (TOI)‘She took one for the team.’ Well, that is not exactly what the her family members said. But they may as well have.There was yet another protest by the ‘good...
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Apology and Correction
In an earlier post that in large part dealt with LGBTQ+ issues, I had misrepresented the views of YCT Talmud Chair, Rabbi Ysoscher Katz. He informed me via email that I was grievously mistaken and...
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Religious Rights versus Religious Coercion
Chasidic singer, Motty Steinmetz (VIN)This is one of those issues that requires clarity. Not sure I can deliver. But - here goes. I had recently posted my views about some of the demands being made by...
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The Kiddush HaShem of a Chabad Shaliach
Rabbi Raphael Rutman (screenshot)A massive Kiddush HaShem. That is the only way I can describe it. A true example of a devout Jew living up to the mandate of Tikun Olam B’Malchus Shadai – repairing the...
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It's Not About Reform Jews. It's About Reform Judaism
Reform Rabbi Rick Jacobs (URJ)Reform Rabbi Rick Jacob is angry. Can’t say I blame him. He is upset that the new government will be more influenced by Orthodox Jews than at any other time in its...
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