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Another Bad Road Paved With Good Intetnions
Image for illustration purposes (Jerusalem Post)I am with the Charedim on this one. As is the Centrist rabbinic organization, the RCA (Rabbincal Council of America).There is a new ‘Orthodox’...
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Is it Antisemitic to Say that Israelis are Baby Killers?
BBC news anchor, Anjana Gadgil hosting Naftali Bennet (VIN)The BBC is antisemitic. There is not a doubt in my mind about that. Although I'm sure they would consider that a major insult and patently...
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A '180' for the Charedi World
Magen Executive Director, Shana Aaronson (Magen)‘(We) said the words rape. And police. And social services. And therapy. And mandated reporting. And sexual abuse. And puberty. And assault. We said it...
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Perry B. Miller, ZL
Perry as the Sandek at his great-grandson's Bris last AprilJust got back from the funeral of my brother in law and dear friend, Perry Miller. Perry was married to my wife's sister. He is a man I knew...
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No, President Biden is Not Slamming Israel
President Biden being interviewed by Fareed Zakaria (CNN)I am a not a fan of the current president. Never have been. Without getting into detail, I do not believe his policies reflect the best of what...
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The Evil of Ideological Purity
Netanyahu during a vote in Knesset last March (JTA)I don’t care how important an issue is to the ideology of their members. The idea of blocking roads and burning tires is not the way to protest a...
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Limudei Chol? Or No Limudei Chol?
I don’t know what to believe. Does the Charedi community in Israel finally realize that a way of life that ignores preparation for the workforce is unsustainable? Or are they doubling down on that way...
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Is the US Reassessing its Relationship with Israel?
NYT columnist, Tom Friedman (VIN) There are few people who disgust me more than the smug New York Times columnist Tom Freidman, the darling if the liberal left. media. An excerpt from Ynet about...
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The ‘Shidduch Crisis’ and the Frumkeit Chase
Rav Moshe Hillel Hirsch (VIN)There are a lot of important issues affecting the Jewish people. Some of which are limited to Orthodox Jewry. One of the latter is the so-called Shidduch crisis. On the...
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Sex Abuse and Addiction Among Orthodox Jews
Jacob Daskal (NYT)Azoi Viz’Christeltzach - Yiddeltzach. This rather famous (or perhaps infamous) phrase loosely translates as follows: Just as things develop in Christian culture, so too will they...
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Who Gets to Define the Morals of a Nation?
A Charedi wine shop in Ramat Gan (JNS)I’m not sure whether Israel’s Supreme Court has any jurisdiction over the controversy taking place at a wine shop in Ramat Gan. But it seems to me that this is...
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Does Judaism Consider Women Sex Objects?
Yes. Women are sex objects in some Jewish circles. Period. End of conversation. That is the only explanation for what happened in Bnei Brak last Sunday. From VIN: Charedim waiting for an Egged bus in...
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The Truth - Amidst Lavish Praise
Image for illustration purposes (Tablet)Well, I guess that in some ways ignorance is bliss. Or is it? On the surface that seems to be the message of Frieda Vizel, an expatriate Satmar woman in Tablet....
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Antisemitism that Has Deniability Built In
The kind of antisemtism that results in violence and death is easy for any and all people of good will to condemn. That is what happened when Robert Bowers, an antisemitic mass murderer killed 11 Jews...
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The 'Reform' Jews of Bet Shemesh
Image of RBS-Bet for illustration purposes (Jerusalem Post)I sometimes think we should indeed just write them off. Not that they aren’t all Jews. The people that attacked the religious mayor of Bet...
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The Traditional Jews of Israel
Protesters against judicial reform clashing with police last March (TOI)A recent survey by the Jewish People Policy Institute found that 45 percent of Israel’s Jews define themselves as “traditional,”...
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A Conservative Scolding and My Response
The Conservative Kol Emeth building is now an Orthodox Yeshiva An anonymous Conservative rabbi took me to task for two of my recent posts. He apparently lives in the greater Chicago area (indicated by...
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Sometimes Being Right is Not Enough
One of Israel's biggest protests ever! (BBC)Shocking! Unprecedented! Scary! These are the 3 words that best describe my reaction to the events taking place in Israel right now. I could not believe my...
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What Is Going On?
by Paul Shaviv, guest contributorProtesting the Israeli government in Washington Square last April (+972)0I am once again pleased to host one of the more intelligent contributors to this blog, Paul...
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A Tisha B'Av Mood for the Left in Israel
By Rabbi Aaron RakeffetLeft wing Israelis take to the streets (JTA - 1/9/23) Yesterday, before Tisha B’Av began, I was forwarded the following message by a student of one of my heroes, Rabbi Aaron...
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