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Motives
Poster in Israel calling for war against the Amalkite ZionistsIt always amuses me when I hear politicians saying that ISIS or any other Muslim terrorist group is not a religion. That what they do is...
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Dress Codes and the Objectification of Women
Elena Maryles SztokmanAlthough I am not a feminist in the mold of my cousin Elana Maryles Sztokman, I understand where she is coming from. Here is what she said recently in response to the dress code...
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A Dangerous Opinion
Rav Shmuel KamenteskyI have profound respect for Rav Shmuel Kamenetsky. He is the founding and current Rosh HaYeshiva of the Talmudical Yeshiva of Philadelphia – popularly known as ‘Philly’. Philly is...
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Scaring Us Straight
Photo taken from Life in IsraelFirst let me applaud the community of Lakewood for promoting integrity in the workplace. There was apparently a program on this subject last Sunday night that featured 4...
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Can There Be So Many Observant Skeptics?
Renowned Atheist, Christopher HitchensHere’s the breakdown in my completely unscientific poll on how many observant Jews are actually believers.Modern Orthodox Believers 114...
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Metzitza B'Peh – Knowledge is Power
Mohel and MbP advocate, Rabbi Romi CohenIt is a hot button issue that raises the hackles of the right. And it has been discussed to death. But the subject has come up again with a recent decision by a...
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STDs in Bnei Brak?
Typical street scene in Bnei BrakFirst let me clearly state that the vast majority of Charedim are God fearing Jews whose main purpose in life is to serve God to the best of their ability. The very...
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Why I Believe - The Short Version
The 'Big Bang'I am always reluctant to talk about matters of belief. That’s because it is one of the most difficult topics to understand and transmit properly. It also invites the skeptics to challenge...
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Are We on the Eve of Destruction?
Shades of Nazi GermanyThere was a song in the 60s by Barry McGuire called Eve ofDestruction. It was a protest song written in 1965, when the Viet Nam War was just beginning to heat up. These are its...
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The ‘Emes Ve-Emunah’ Seminar
Rabbi David Zvi Hoffman (1843-1921)Torah Musings, Gil Student’s e-magazine, features an article today by Shmuel Winearz. It describes and analyzes a recent seminar whose agenda I think reflected much...
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Guest Post by Shmuel WiniarzSometimes my assumptions are just plain wrong. As are my misspelling of names. This is one of those times. I received the following comment from Shmuel Winiarz, (…not...
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Will We Make it to Heaven?
On this day of Erev Rosh Hashana, where Teshuva is uppermost in my mind, I am envious of the Baal Teshuva. The Gemarah says (Brachos (34b): B'Makom She'Baalei Teshuvah Omdim, Ein tzaddik Gamur Yachol...
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Tuitions, Teachers, and Bonuses
The tuition crisis is not going away anytime soon. In fact as most people who pay tuition for their children’s Jewish education already suspect, it will probably only get worse.Whenever I discuss this...
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‘Trust Me... I’m Frum!’
Eliyahu Weinstein (Asbury Park Press by way of the New Zealand Herald)I really wanted to avoid a post like this during these days of awe. We should not be focusing outward. We should instead be...
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An Unrealistic Moral Alternative
Ann B. Davis as Alice Wilson on The Brady Bunch Jewish Press columnist Elliot Resnick has written a thoughtful article in a conservative publication called Truth Revolt. He suggests a way to combat the...
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Kipa Versus Yarmulke
Rabbi Emanuel Feldman (seen here with his son Rabbi Ilan Feldman)Former Tradition Magazine editor, Rabbi Emanuel Feldman is one of my favorite writers. I tend to agree with him on most issues. At the...
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It Takes a Village
How should we react to someone who has gone OTD? I’m talking about someone who went OTD in a big way. Rejecting not only Halachic observance, but becoming completely antisocial. How should we as an...
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Wiping the Slate Clean on Yom Kippur
Last week’s issue of Mishpacha Magazine carried a very poignant editorial by Rabbi Moshe Grylak about the days of awe - otherwise known as the Yomim Noraim. The Aseres Yemei Teshuva (the ten days of...
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Does She Understand? I Think She Does
Elana Maryles SztokmanI love my family. That includes my extended family, too. Even when there is substantial disagreement between us. As is the case with is my cousin, Elana Maryles Sztokman. For...
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Keeping it Together
Paula Abdul with her fellow judges on American IdolWho’d a thunk it. Rock and Roll singer/dancer and former American Idol judge, Paula Abdul is participating in The Shabbat Project. For those...
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