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Bestowing Glory upon Felons
The Satmar Rebbe of Williamsburg, Zalmen Leib TeitelbaumI remember this case well. It took place not all that long ago. Nechemya Weberman - an unlicensed and untrained Chasidic ‘therapist’ that his...
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The Reluctant Philanthropist
Image taken from The Jewish WorkerAccording to a cover story in the Hebrew edition of Mishpacha Magazine, the Charedi world is in crisis. The crisis being that it is in financial collapse (to put it...
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A Charedi Grand Slam!
There is No Recognition of Today’s Realities in the Charedi WorldR. Elchanan Wasserman, HY'D - victim of the HolocaustInstead there is a mindset that harkens back to an idyllic Eastern European world...
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Who is to Blame for the Divisiveness?
Charedi MK Rabbi Yaakov LitzmanThe Charedim are at fault. That statement coming from me should not be too surprising to those who constantly accuse me of Charedi bashing. They will cite it as further...
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In Memoriam: For These I Cry
Guest Post by Rabbi Dovid LandesmanR' Yisroel Zev Gustman (Aish)Rav Yisrael Z’ev Gustman, zt”l (1908-1991), was among the greatest Torah personalities of the previous generation. He was the rosh...
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The Right Approach to Yom Ha’atzmaut
Ben Gurion declaring Israel's independenceWhen President Obama was newly elected, he made a trip to the Middle East to address the Arab nations. He spoke about Israel’s right to exist as a Jewish...
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Is There Really a War against the Torah World?
MK Naftali BennettOnce again, we see the two worlds collide. Charedim see things one way and non Charedim see it another.The new draft laws in Israel exempts all Charedim currently of draft age from...
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A Kiddush HaShem from the IDF and Lubavitch
Guest Post by Moshe Sanders*Special Needs Soldiers Are 'Great in Uniform' (Arutz Sheva)For those who think that the Israeli army (IDF) is all evil, think again. The following was submitted by someone...
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Could Suicide Have Been Prevented?
R' Avrohom Yeshaya Kareltiz - the Chazon IshA true – and very sad story on David Morris’s Tzedek-Tzedek blog. A non observant gay man who suffered from clinical depression was undergoing...
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Is This a Turning Point? Gratitude in Flatbush
Guest Post by Heshey ZelcerMaster of Ceremonies, Dr. Shlomo Sprecher addressing the audienceA few years ago, a Rosh HaYeshiva of struggling Yeshiva was approached by some parents of children who would...
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Outreach - Thinking Out of the Box
Dr. Ruth CalderonOne of the things a religious Jew learns early on in their education is to revere the sages of the Talmud. And to treat the Talmud as the basis and discussion of all Torah law: That...
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Is Being Right Always Enough?
Yehuda Weissmandl President of the East Ramapo Central School DistrictBack in the 1990s a conflict arose here in Chicago between a public school and Hanna Sacks Beis Yaakov (HSBY). During the 1980s...
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Is the Agudah Really Not on the Internet?
I’m sorry Agudath Israel, you cannot say that you are opposed to the internet and refuse to have a website when we see an ad like this.The Agudah (as is well known by now) does not have a website. The...
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'We Must Kill Them!'
The Beis Yeshaya building on the Mir Campus in JerusalemThis morning I downloaded a Shiur (in English) by a popular Magid Shiur in the Mir, by the name of Nissan Kaplan. And what I heard was shocking....
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Rabbis: Be Careful with Your Words!
Rabbi Nissan KaplanHe didn’t mean it. It was indeed hyperbole as I suspected. Rabbi Nissan Kaplan actually clarified his comments. The clarification can be heard here.He explained that in no way did he...
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An Apology from Rabbi Nissan Kaplan
R' Nissan KaplanFrom the JerusalemPost: “I am completely against such words, they’re disgusting. I regret what I said and I am deeply sorry for using such examples. I am also sorry for hurting people’s...
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Having 'Fun' on Lag B'Omer
Preparing for Lag B'Omer in Bnei Brak (VIN)I don’t know what the fascination is with bonfires. But that seems to be the thing to do on Lag B’Omer in Israel. The custom is based on a Kabalistic teaching...
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Countering Harassment with More than a Band-Aid
Poster saying ‘Chardakim, Get out!’One of the saddest things to result from the new draft law in Israel is that Charedim who have in the past joined army units like Nachal Charedi are derisively called...
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An Apology - and a Reputation Restored
Badge of the Israeli Defense ForcesAnyone (religious or not) who gives his life in defense of the Jewish people gets rewarded with immediate Olam HaBah. We are therefore bound by common decency to have...
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Is Orthodoxy Winning?
R’ Joseph B. Soloveitchik, R’ Aharon Kotler, & Irving BunimIt would seem that Orthodox Judaism has a lot to be happy about these days. In the recent much discussed Pew Research Center Survey it was...
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