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Shabbos Kestenbaum and Zev Mishell
Parents of an American/Israel hostage addressing the RNC conventionNo matter how many times I hear outrageous versions about right and wrong from Jews who are clueless about their own Judaism, it still...
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The More to the Left One Goes...
An illegal leftist sit-in by a bunch of misguided Jews (NPR)The more I see extreme leftist Jews in action, the more I consider them to be misguided fools if not downright evil. There are very few...
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Why Charedi Yeshivos Need Your Money
The Ponevezh Beis HaMedrashDear Acheinu Beis Yisroel - My dear brothers in the House of Israel. So begins a email sent out by Agudah to their vast mailing list. It is with a heavy heart and a fear of...
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Dumb as a Rock? Hardly!
Vice President Kamala Harris and Prime Minister Benjamin NetanyahuUnlike former President Trump, I do not think Vice President Kamala Harris is as ‘dumb as a rock’! You don’t get to where she has in...
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Stopping Short of Going the Extra Mile
The Belzer Rebbe (Arutz Sheva)One of the more rational and compassionate religious leaders of Charedi world in Israel is the Belzer Rebbe. The following was reported in Arutz Sheva:The Rebbe of the...
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Isolationism - A Path to Becoming a Cult?
The protests begin (Forward)The more isolated they become the more they become cult-like. I do not say this lightly. But based on a variety of factors, the handwriting seems to already be on the...
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Fomenting Hate in the Name of Torah
A 'Daas Torah' condemnation (VIN)It’s hard to say I’m disappointed when I expected exactly this reaction from the ‘Daas Torah’ of the Charedi world in Israel. However, it upsets me no less. The...
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Is Vance a Neanderthal?
J.D. Vance's 'oops' momentIf it wasn’t such a serious subject, I would find Jay Michaelson’s column in theForward quite humorous. Although I’m sure he didn’t intend it that way. More about him later...
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An Apology and Appeal for Forgiveness
Rabbi Osher Einsenman (Left) - (Lakewood Scoop)I am embarrassed to say that several years ago in my zeal to protect the good name of Klal Yisroel I condemned an innocent man for something he was...
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Antsemitism? Probably. But Could it Have Been Avoided?
Image for illustration purposes onlyI have no idea whether antisemitism played a role in this or not. But it sure seems like it. That beings said, I am not all that happy about how this came about. The...
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Netanyahu, Shukr, and Haniyeh
Fuad Shukr and Ismail Haniyeh are now in Hell where they belong (India Today)There has been a lot of handwringing about Israel’s assassination of two top terrorist leaders: Hezbollah’s Fuad Shukr and...
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Begin, Netanyahu, and Iran
Former Israeli Prime Minister Menachem BeginThere is not the slightest doubt in my mind that the greatest danger to world peace is the Islamic Republic of Iran. I don’t think this is arguable. There...
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Harris Picks a Progressive
Democratic Nominee, Kamala Harris and her VP pick, Tim WalzIf Kamala Harris’s goal was to cement her progressive base, she picked the right man for her running mate. Minnesota Governor Tim Walz will...
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Walz on the Holocaust
Tim Walz is not an antisemite. Not even close. But his views about Holocaust education are almost the stuff of Holocaust denial.The key word there is ‘almost’. I am not in any way suggesting that Walz...
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The Olympics Opening Ceremony Controversy
Did the Olympics mock The Last Supper?If there was ever more evidence of the left’s road and descent into immorality than was the opening ceremony of the Olympics, I’d like to know what that is. Now...
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The Lesser of Two Evils - Is Still Evil
Harris- after meeting with Netanyahu: I won't stay silent on Gaza (TOI)Even though we are less than 100 days from the election, it’s still early in the campaign. But the choices are not encouraging. In...
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The Olam HaTorah is Not Exclusively Charedi
Charedi version of a rock concert (Mishpacha Magazine)I hate to be repetitive. But this is a sore subject for me and I cannot stay silent as it keeps re-appearing in mainstream Charedi Magazines as...
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Psychological Religious Coercion
True believers - they say they prefer dying to serving in the IDF (TOI)Religious belief is a powerful motivator. More powerful than any other motivator in my view. Promises of a life in eternity where...
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Harris Picks a 'J-Street' Jew
Ilan Goldenberg (Jewish Press)Yet another nail in Kamala Harris’s coffin. At least as far as her support for Israel goes. She has just about done all but reveal her hand about what her policy towards...
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