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Unity? Perhaps. But with One Big Exception
Rabbi Moshe HauerI am a huge fan of OU Executive Vice President, Rabbi Moshe Hauer. And I wish I could share his optimistic view about the unity of the Jewish people at this moment in time. But Rabbi...
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Sickened by a Charedi Rosh Yeshiva!
Rabbi Yisroel Bunim Schreiber (Rationalist Judaism)It’s hard to imagine a more disgusting approach to fellow Jews than is the approach of one respected Rosh Yeshiva in Israel. Rabbi Natan Slifkin notes...
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More Info on Accessing Comments
In the interests of trying to solve the problem some are still having getting access to the comments, I am happy to post this suggestion sent by Michael Sedley a reader and occasional commentator to...
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Is the Mainstream Media Fair and Balanced?
Face the Nation moderator, Margret BrennanI can’t let this pass. This morning as I was watching the Sunday morning talking heads, I was aghast at what I saw on CBS. Face the Nation moderator, Margaret...
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Elon Musk's Antisemtism Conundrum
Musk and Netanyahu at the site of the massacre (JTA)On the scale of what is important in the world right now, Elon Musk would not seem to rate very high on the Totem Pole of world events. But with the...
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Argentinian President-elect Milei's Affinity for Judaism
President-elect Javier Milei visitng the Lubavitcher Rebbe’s gravesite (JTA)Javier Milei has just been elected president of Argentina. He has been described as a right wing fanatic by his detractors....
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Does the Pope Have a Jewish Problem? Or a Liberal Problem?
Pope Francis and Conservative Rabbi Abraham Skorka (Angelus)Does what the pope does matter to the Jewish people? The answer is yes. It absolutely does. Not in any religious sense. That should be...
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The Unity of a People Alone
Rav Shaul Alter at Gush Etzion (image sent by a reader)I have to disagree with Merriam-Webster's word of the year. It should not be ‘authentic. The word of the year should be ‘unprecedented’. There...
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The Different Evils of Complacency Versus Celebration
Eisenhower viewing charred bodies in a Nazi death camp (archive)Evil triumphs when good men do nothing. Don’t know the actual source of that quote. But it was apparently not eighteenth-century Irish...
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Of Security Failures, Hostages, and Victory Over Hamas
Survivors describe Hamas Horrors (Jerusalem Post)Anger. That is the best way I can describe my reaction to both Israel’s failure to anticipate the massacre; the abduction of Israelis by Hamas; and...
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The Ephemeral Nature of Jewish Unity
Charedim volunteering at the IDF recruitment center (TOI)One of the things I have celebrated during this time of crisis is the unity that – with some notable exceptions - seems to have permeated all...
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Disagreeing With the Gedolim
Rabbis Aharon Lopianski and Yosef Elefant (screenshot - Agudah convention)As would be expected at an Agudah convention the subject of Daas Torah came up. (Big surprise!) Near the end of a question and...
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The Moral Stupidity of 3 University Presidents
Presidents of MIT, Penn, and Harvard testifying in congress yesterday (NBC) Imagine what the response from an Ivy League university would be to a call for the genocide of Palestinians in Gaza. I don’t...
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The Unconscionable Evil of Neturei Kata
Neturei Karta at a pro Palestinian rally in October (Forward)There is a ‘joke’ about how stridently my Rebbe’s uncle, R’ Velvel (also known as the Brisker Rav) was opposed to Zionism. During one of...
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Daas Torah and Elu V'Elu
A display of unity at the March for Israel (Forward)“There’s a mistake as if Agudah, as if Moetzes Gedolei Hatorah, is” always of one mind, Lopiansky said. “There will always be disagreements, but the...
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Antisemitism - Right Versus Left
Former Penn President, Liz McGilll (PBS)The mask is off. And it’s about time. The presidents of 3 top universities made clear that when it comes to their Jewish students calling for their genocide is...
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Why Trump Will Win in 2024
Former President Trump’s interview with Sean Hannity on Fox (Variety)To the surprise of practically no one, by now, it seems like former President Trump, a man that is antithetical to our form of...
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Why is it Always Israel’s Fault?
President Biden addressing guests at the White House Chanukah Party (TOI)There are clearly a lot of civilian casualties in Gaza. There is not the slightest doubt in my mind about that. Far more than...
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Biden and Netanyahu
The Prime Minister and the President (Jerusalem Post)I can hear all the ‘I told you sos’ already. My praise of the President’s strong support for Israel’s war against Hamas was premature, they might...
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The Defect in Agudah’s ‘Call to Action’
Agudah Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Shlomo Werdiger (Mishpacha)One of my greatest disappointments with respect to the Jewish people has been the lack of Achdus - the lack of unity among us. One...
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