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Segregation Forever?!
Students from Zichron Yaakov on 12/3/14, after it was closed down (source VIN)There is a lot of hatred of Charedim in Israel out there. Not by Chilonim (secular Jews). They are mostly indifferent. But...
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Change in Order to Preserve
Controversial ad - Photo Credit: Sam Sokol (via the Jerusalem Post)There are a lot of crises facing the Orthodox Jewish community these days. Among the most important is Jewish education. It is a...
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Fighting Terror with Terror is Immoral
Graffiti on the wall reads 'Death to Arabs' (Jerusalem Post) Former Deputy Director of the CIA, Michael Morell, was asked by CBS news yesterday to respond to the latest terrorist attack by an...
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Bulletin: Alan Gross is Free!
Alan GrossJewish American 'hostage' Alan Gross has been freed from a Cuban prison in exchange for 3 Cuban prisoners here. God Bless the United States of America, the Medina Shel Chesed. A country that...
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Banning Women from College
Rav Aharon Leib Shteinman (Hadrei Haredim)People that read this blog regularly know of my admiration for centenarian Charedi leader, Rav Aharon Leib Shteinman. He is an Ish Emes. A man who tells it...
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When a Premiere Torah Institution is Criticized
Eliyahu WeinsteinFirst let me state the obvious. Eliyahu Weinstein is a sick individual who probably suffers from a serious case of psychopathy. He was sentenced to a very long prison term for...
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Happy Chanukah
Chanukah 2014 at the White HouseI don't know how people can say that President Barrack Obama is in any way anti Semitic or even anti Israel after viewing the Chanukah party that took place just a...
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Restoring Relations with Cuba
Fidel Castro and his good friend Yasser ArafatThis is a bit off topic for this blog. But what happened last week is a major event and something I want to comment upon.I am old enough to remember...
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Moving the Goal Posts
Banned by the Agudah MoetzesThe current Hamodia (republished at Cross Currents) has an article by Rabbi Avi Shafran on a subject of great interest to me – the interaction between Orthodox and non...
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Putting a Menorah Where it Doesn’t Belong
I don’t know whose idea this was. But I don’t like it.A makeshift shrine is up at the site where two New York City police officers were brutally murdered by 28-year-old Ismaaiyl Brinsley. Who then...
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Not Shoving Religion down People’s Throats
One of the most divisive issues in Israel is the idea of shoving religion down everyone’s throat. This phenomenon manifests itself in many ways. From requiring separate seating on public...
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Are There No Honest Jews in the Israeli Government?
Deputy Interior Minister Faina Kirshenbaum - 1 of 30 accused of corruptionSometimes I feel like Diogenes, the ancient Greek philosopher who famously carried a lantern around in the daytime looking for...
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Dan
Israeli MK Rabbi Dov LipmanOne of the biggest assets of the Charedi community in Israel is someone that hails from a Modern Orthodox background in the United States. He is a Talmud Chacham with a fine...
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So, What Does She Look Like?
How important are looks?There is a famous story about R’ Baruch Ber Leibowitz. (At least I think it’s famous). It goes something like this. His daughter had dated a young man who was not pleased with...
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Painting the Halacha to Fit the Haskafa
Guest Post by Rabbi Bill KanterRecently I read a halachic article that I feel compelled to comment on (this may not change anyone's mind, but at least my children will know how I feel about...
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Missing the (Life) Boat
The average Charerdi spends $800 more per month than he makesThere is a famous line in the movie, Godfather III uttered by fictional Mafia Boss, Michael Corleone. Desperately wanting to turn his...
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Are There Really Solutions to the Tuition Crisis?
Is teaching math in a parochial school a violation of the separation clause?One of the many problems plaguing the Orthodox Jewish community is the high cost of Jewish education. In an existential...
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A Young Man of Principle
Jesse Arm (TOI)I wish there were more people like Jesse Arm. He has written a thoughtful article in the Times of Israel which identifies him as a principled young man. His message? He has left the...
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Informed Consent - Not a Ban
I’ve have many times expressed my opposition here to the procedure known as Metzitza B’Peh (MbP). This involves direct oral suction of blood from the circumcision wound. I am opposed because it...
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Same, Same, Same? Shame, Shame, Shame!
Uniformity in more than their manner of dress (VIN)The title of this post is the sentiment expressed by Rabbi Eliyahu Safran at the OU website. He is talking about the cookie cutter Judaism that has...
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