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Judaism Without Jews is an Oxymoron
Early Reform Leader, Isaac Meyer WiseWhy the road to hell is so often paved with good intentions has never been better demonstrated than it has by American Reform Judaism. Their original goal was to...
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An Elderly Man with a Poor Memory
He is not demented. But the President’s performance at the debate last night shows that he is in decline. His mind is not up to what it once was. He lost his train of thought in the middle of a...
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If You Are Not Charedi - Are You Anti Torah?
BMG students that came to hear the words of Israel's elder sages (Mishpacha)It made me angry. After reading Mishpacha Magazine’s report about last week’s fundraising efforts on behalf of Israel’s...
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Rav Yehoshua Heshel Eichenstein, ZTL - An Eved HaShem
Rav Yehoshua Heshel Eichenstein, ZTLIt is with great sadness that I report the passing of a giant in Chicago. A true Eved HaShem, Rav Yehoshua Heshel Eichenstein, the Ziditchover Rebbe passed away...
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Germany 2024 - Not Your Father’s Germany
By Paul Shaviv The Brandenburg Gate in BerlinI often say that Jew hatred is in the mother’s milk of European society. Every now and then an incident occurs reinforces that belief for me. That said I...
View ArticleTaking a Few Days Off for a Family Simcha
We are on our way to Lakewood to celebrate the marriage of our grandson, Yitzchok. We are driving so there will be no new post today. I'm also not sure whether I will have access to the internet while...
View ArticleA Rare Moment of Achdus
Saw this message from Shlomo Werdiger, President of the Agudah. Although I do have some differences with Agudah, I do support the good work they do for the Jewish community. They are probably the...
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The Slope is Too Slippery
Oklahoma school chief Ryan Walters (NY Post)At first glance I wasn’t sure what was worse. A state in moral decline based on an abandonment or ignorance of biblical values, or a state of increased moral...
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Biden, Trump, and the Republican Platform
I am not a MAGA Republican. Far from it. I have repeatedly been saying that former President Trump’s behavior in the aftermath of the last presidential election crossed a line for me. And his rhetoric...
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Two Messages: The Moetzes and Rav Weiss
Image for illustration purposesThe Moetzes of the American Agudah has doubled down on how it views the Matzav (situation) in Israel in which the Charedi world finds itself. They view it as a tragedy of...
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How Pro Israel is the Democratic Party Platform?
Elianne Farhat (The Forge)If there is any question about which political party represents Israel’s best interests, the current debate over what the Democratic party platform should be should settle it....
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Who Has the Moral High Ground?
Some of the 682 IDF soldiers killed in the Gaza war (TOI)I am not in the habit of quoting extensively from other blogs. But I have made an exception here because of the important message it sends.Let...
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Will Trump’s Attempted Assassination Change Anything?
Trump - moments after an assassination attempt (Chicago Tribune)I am a bit jaded by all this. Not because it isn’t a serious matter that needs the urgent attention of the political leadership of both...
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The Real Charedi Reason for Opposing the Draft
Charedi leader, R' Moshe Hillel HirschOn the one hand, it makes a lot of sense. On the other hand, it perpetuates a system whose adverse effects ought to be of great concern.The issue of Charedim...
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Is Vance Good for the Jews?
J.D. Vance and Donald Trump (NPR)Is Donald Trump a ‘moral disaster’ that should be considered the ‘American Hitler’? I think there may be more than a few ‘Never Trumpers’ that feel that way – or very...
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America is a Christian Nation. And Yet it Isn't
America is a Christian nation. Anyone that does not understand this has not been here during the Christmas season. It should be more than obvious that Christmas is the favorite holiday for the vast...
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Human Rights Watch, Hamas, and Israel
Israeli Hostage being take into Gaza on October 7th (TOI)Last night, the PBS Newshour featured an interview with Ida Sawyer, an official of Human Rights Watch (Video below). In an extraordinary moment...
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Speaking the Truth to Power
22 year old Jonathan Ben Hamou - a wounded IDF soldier who lost his legLast week in one of the Charedi magazines, I saw an ad describing a rally where an appeal was made by elderly Israeli rabbinic...
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When Images Trump Truth
ScreenshotThe mainstream media (MSM) is relentless. Even though attention to the war against Hamas in Gaza has waned in recent weeks (replaced by coverage of domestic politics) every once in a while we...
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A Brand New Ballgame
Will Harris face Trump in November? (NBC)Even though it was almost a forgone conclusion, I was still somewhat shocked by what happened yesterday. By now the entire world knows that President Joe Biden...
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