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Sometimes Being Right - is Wrong
East Ramapo Central School BoardEast Ramapo is a school district where a lot of Orthodox families live. Most of it in Monsey, New York. Those residents send their children to private religious schools....
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Is the Pendulum Really Swinging Back?
Rabbi Bezalel Cohen, founder of Hachmey Lev (Jewish Journal)It seems as if reality is finally kicking in among Charedim. At least in America. And at least as far as the grass roots are concerned....
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Rabbi Riskin Revisited
Rabbi Riskin addressing a Glen Beck event in Israel (Ha’aretz)A few weeks ago, there were media reports about the possibility of the Israeli Chief Rabbinate not renewing Rabbi Riskin’s status as Chief...
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The Cost of Jewish Education
OU, AI & UJA leaders meet with Majority Leader John Flanagan (OU)It is an encouraging and unprecedented form of Achdus (unity) among American Jewry. We now have three separate Jewish...
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One Step Forward, Two Steps Back
Slonimer Rebbe (YWN)Ynet reports that Chasidim in Israel earn more money than their non Chasidic Yeshiva world counterparts. This - according to figures released by the Seker Kahalacha research...
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Man in Search for Meaning
Image taken from PopChasidThe search for truth about existence is one of the most elusive things man can seek. And yet at some level we all seek it, if we are to be honest with ourselves. At least that...
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Is Tikun Olam a Jewish Value?
Yale University President, Peter SaloveyI rarely get in the middle of a spirited debate between 2 columnists. But I believe it would be an injustice to not support the view that I think is the correct...
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Innovation in Global Jewish Unity
...................................................advertisement.....................................................The Ner Echad MovementNer Echad is a pioneering Jewish women’s global movement to...
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Is Making Your Children ‘Yeshivish’ the Goal?
The current Yeshivishe 'look' of Bnei TorahThis past Sunday night I attended an elementary school banquet. There were two beloved couples honored. One couple that has contributed much time and effort...
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A Conversation about Racism in America
Mass murderer Dylann Roof and the symbol of southern bigotryThis is a bit off topic for me. But as a religious Jew I feel moved to comment on the horrible mass murder in Charleston South Carolina....
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Serving God and Empowering Women
Rabbi Lila Kagedan, - ordained by Yeshivat MaharatThe inevitable finally happened. Rabbi Avi Weiss has dispensed with his prior refusal to call his female ordainees ‘rabbis’. I challenged him to stop...
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The Jury is in - JONAH is out!
Chaim LevinI was never a fan of JONAH (Jews Offering New Alternatives for Healing). Even as I believe they had good intentions - if ill conceived methods. JONAH is a New Jersey based organization that...
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In a Position to Know
Former Israeli Ambassador to the US, Michael OrenThere is a lot of angst among supporters of The President about comments made by Michael Oren in his new book, Ally: My Journey Across the...
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A Fence Sitter Embraces Orthodoxy
Neilia Sherman is a woman after my own heart. Her intellectual honesty is refreshing in a world of polarizing certainties. Although she has some serious questions about Orthodoxy she nevertheless...
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What the Supreme Court Really Did
BuzzFeed LGBTH. L. Mencken once said, "When you hear somebody say, 'This is not about money'– it's about money." And when you hear somebody say, "This is not about sex"– it's about sex.These lines were...
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An Obama Critic Gone Mad
President Obama seen here with Prime Minister NetanyahuHere is yet another disappointment from the Obama administration. From the Jewish Press: The Obama administration has clearly stated it will not...
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Why Do They Do it?
R' Aharon Teitelbaum, Satmar Rebbe of Kiryas JoelJews are a bunch of greedy criminals. That’s one of the canards leveled at us by the antisemites of the world. What basis do they have for saying this?...
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Sex Abuse and the Shidduch Crisis
Rabbi Ratzon Arussi (from A Mother in Israel blog)The so-called Shidduch crisis has caused problems beyond the parameters of the Shidduch crisis itself. This is particularly true of the right wing...
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Ruth Colian, a Feminist I Can Support
Ubezchutan party head, Ruth ColianCharedi women are slaves. So says Ruth Colian, the woman who founded Ubezchutan, a political party in Israel representing Charedi women. Her party ran in the last...
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A Tale of Two Women
Rebbetzin Ilana FreedmanI guess it depends whose telling the story. Just as one might see the lifestyle of a Charedi woman as being a ‘slave’ (as does Ruth Colian) one might see that same lifestyle as...
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