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A Vote For Bruce Leon is a Vote for School Choice
Bruce LeonEducating our children ought to be one of the highest priorities one takes into the voting booth. When I say ‘our children’ I am not just talking about Jewish children. I am talking about...
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It's Just Not Enough
Rav Meir MazuzI wish I could say that the recent gathering of Charedim in Bnei Brak showing support for IDF soldiers at war makes me happy. But it doesn’t. Indeed. It was more than a show of support....
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Bill Clinton on Israel's war with Hamas
And now there are two. I have to admit I was pleasantly surprised that there is another prominent Democrat who essentially agrees with Pennsylvania Senator John Fetterman. Only this Democrat is a lot...
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The Enemy Within and Winning the War
Haaretz publisher, Amos Schocken (TOI)At which point can you call a major newspaper publisher the enemy within? How about when that publisher says calls Palestinian terrorists ‘freedom fighters’? Does...
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Why So Many God Fearing People Will Vote for Trump
Rav Shmuel Kamenetsky has endorsed Donald TrumpOne of the most intriguing phenomena taking place in the world today is also one of the most counterintuitive ones. Which is the phenomenon that a man...
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Why Charedi Isolationism is Wrong
The president kneeling before Mrs. RavitzOne of my role models for women in the Charedi world is Rivka Ravitz. One may recall that when former Israeli President Reuven Rivlin visited the White House...
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The American People Have Spoken!
First, I would like to congratulate President-Elect Donald J. Trump. Last night in what many believe was an impossible outcome, a man who has been the victim of the most sustained malicious attack...
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Orthodox Gloating Over Trump's Victory
The chasm is too wide. At this point in time I don’t see any way it can be bridged. Which is kind of an ironic statement from someone who feels that we must bridge it. The unity of the Jewish people is...
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Kristallnacht 2.0
‘I condemn thee!’ ‘Whew!’ ‘Glad that’s over with.’ ‘Let’s get back to work.’ This is pretty much what I imagine is in the mind of self righteous foreign leaders when I hear them condemning acts of...
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Electoral Shock and Trump's Foreign Policy
I continue to marvel at the state of shock and depression by the left and Never Trumpers at Trump’s victory at the polls last Tuesday. They can’t seem to shake it off. Their level of incredulity is...
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Will Trump Be as Pro Israel This Time?
Representative Elise Stefanik (JTA)The conventional wisdom of many supporters of Israel has been to rebuke Israeli Prime Minister for placing all his cards on the Republican table. The belief has been...
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A Kallus View of Army Service
Rabbi Shraga KallusI didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. My heart leans heavily towards the latter. But I couldn’t help laughing at the opening comment in a lecture by Rabbi Shraga Kallus. He said he...
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So Far, So Good
Trump’s pro Israel Cabinet Picks (Forward)My views have not changed. In fact they have become even stronger. I have always separated the man from his policies. Trump the man is a reprobate. That should...
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Towards a Federal Mandate for Vouchers
CTU President, Stacy Davis GatesNow that the pro voucher president-elect has promised to abolish the Department of Education - it would be a good time to correct a major injustice. To correct an...
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Hesder students and Charedi Students
Yeshivat Hesder Yeruchem in Southern Israel (Jewish Press)If I were a Hesder student, I think I would probably be more disturbed by the Charedi attitude to army service than anyone else. It is fairly...
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An Analysis of the Election and Trump's Picks
Trump and RubioDemocrats and the mainstream media are scratching their collective heads right now trying to figure out what happened?! Trump won the election in dramatic fashion. Why? How? It’s...
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The Culture War and Identity Politics
If I had to blame any two issues for the loss suffered by Democrats in the last election, (other than the perception of a bad economy) those mentioned in the title of this post would be the ones. It...
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When is a Miracle Really a Miracle?
Rabbis checking the Eruv in Bnei BrakThe border between Bnei Brak and Ramat Gan was hit last night. A rocket was fired into that location by Hezbollah. Fortunately it was intercepted by Israel’s Iron...
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The Trump Peace Plan
Jared Kushner addressing the media from Rabat Morocco in 2020 (TOI)Trump was the rare American president who actually put out a detailed plan for coexistence between Israelis and Palestinians. If that...
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The UN's Bully Pulpit
ICC prosecutor, Karim KhanMy expectations of European animus against the Jewish people is never disappointed. That continent has hated the Jewish people from the very first time a Jew set foot on it....
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