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When Will Justice Really Be Served?
Victim's mother - Photo credit: James Keivom/N.Y. Daily News"What this monster of an animal did to our precious diamond is unforgivable," she said. "How many children's life will be ruined?"So said...
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Intimacy in Orthodox Marriages
Rabbi Daniel Schonbuch, MAOne of the most striking things about the book Hush by Judy Brown - aside from it’s primary message about how her Chasidic community in Brooklyn’s Boro Park deals with sex...
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Modesty Hotlines
There will be no modesty patrols. This is the assurance that some rabbis in England have given the public about their new initiative.At the request of ‘the public’ the Union of Orthodox Hebrew...
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The Past is Not Always Prologue
Charedi MK Moshe Gafni - Photo credit: YWNThis is beyond baffling. I understand the anger and the reasons for it. What I don’t understand is the extent to which Charedi leadership, their...
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The Moral Authority of Lakewood
Yosef KolkoThe trial of Yosef Kolko is about to begin. Rabbi Kolko has been accused of child molestation. According to Rabbi Daniel Eidensohn “Kolko has already confessed to the social worker who will...
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Rav Aharon Feldman’s Lament
R' Aharon Feldman, Rosh HaYeshiva - Ner IsraelYesterday I had the unfortunate experience of listening to Rav Aharon Feldman’s condemnation of Rabbi Dov Lipman. Rabbi Lipman received his rabbinic...
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Doing the Right Thing for the Wrong Reason
WoW's Anat Hoffman being arrested at the Kotel - Photo credit - Ha'aretzMost people who read this blog know my attitude about the Women of the Wall (WoW). Let’s just say I am not a fan.That said, I...
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Rav Aharon Feldman Apologizes
I am happy to report that according to Matzav, Rav Aharon Feldman, the Rosh HaYeshiva of Ner Israel has apologized for calling Rabbi Dov Lipman a Rasha. He did so after receiving a letter of...
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My Last Married Mikveh
Guest Post by AnonymousThe following is a guest post by a victim of domestic abuse. For personal reasons the author has chosen to remain anonymous. She is a religious woman albeit not an Orthodox one....
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Where is the Wisdom?
Photo Credit: Yoav Dudkevich/Jewish PressA short while ago I wrote a post lamenting the fact that there are actually people in Israel who refuse to wear a kipa at their own wedding. They refuse to in...
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Will the Real Charedi Please Stand Up?
Typical Charedi Yeshiva StudentsLast Thursday, someone by the name of T. Felik wrote an essay on Matzav about Rabbi Lipman that makes Rav Feldman’s initial reaction to him mild by comparison. Since...
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The Maharat: Wonderful Achievement - Bad Idea
Photo Credit - Yeshivat Maharat via the ForwardWhen I was a young man around the time I was studying for Semicha at the Hebrew Theological College, I had written article in a now defunct local Jewish...
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Will There Be an Apology?
Among those pictured in a 2010 photo are many of BMG's Roshei YeshivaThe unexpected happened. Yosef Kolko was on trial for sexually abusing a boy between the ages of 11 and 14 in religious camp where...
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A Lesson to Learn
Tonight we begin the Yom Tov of Shavuos. This is the anniversary of the day the Torah was given to us at Mount Sinai. Many people have the custom to stay up all night and study it in honor of that...
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A Crack in The Wall
Yair Lapid and Aryeh Deri - Photo Credit: Arutz ShevaThere are two major issues that the Charedi world in Israel is now being confronted with. One is the draft. The other is the funding of their...
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Rabbi Grylak: Oops - Never Mind!
Typical Yeshiva Beis HaMedrash Once again I am disappointed. A few months ago in a moment of reflective candor - Mishpacha Magazine Editor in Chief, Rabbi Moshe Grylak, put aside the rancor that so...
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Ending Zealotry in the Name of God
Sometimes I just want to explode! I keep reading stuff about how some people believe they are foreordained by God to be His messengers. As such they feel they have a right to do whatever it takes to...
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Intermarried Rabbis
Reform Rabbi Ellen Lippmann - Photo credit: Ha'aretzI am not one to criticize the Reform Movement. Not because I think they are beyond criticism. But because they are so out of my orbit of mandatory...
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And the Bashing Continues...
Rabbi Avraham EdelsteinRabbi Avraham Edelstein seems like a nice enough fellow. He is the founder and director of Ner LeElef, an organization that trains people for outreach. That is a good thing and...
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Targeting Groups for Extra Scrutiny
Targeted: Charedi Yeshivos like MirI can’t think of too many things more disgustingly discriminatory than a government agency singling out a group for special scrutiny. The Internal Revenue Service has...
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