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Living Up to the Ideals of Modern Orthodoxy
TuM proponent, R' Dr. Norman LammThere has been a lot of discussion about Modern Orthodoxy of late. Which begs the question, ‘What is Modern Orthodoxy?’ I guess it dependswhoyou ask. The following is...
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Changing the Culture of Silence
Dayan of Agudath Israel of Illinois, Rabbi Shmuel FuerstIt’s about time. But better late than never. The Jewish Press and the Jerusalem Post reported yesterday that over 100 prominent rabbis have...
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Rabbi Dovid Landesman, Zichrono L’Vracha
My son, who lives in Ramat Bet Shemesh, called me with the news on Sunday. Rabbi Dovid Landesman who also lived there, died suddenly and unexpectedly last Friday. Very sad news. Although I never...
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Knowing There’s a Problem is Not Enough
YAFFED founder, Naftuli Moster (Jewish Press)I guess it’s relevant after all. Ezra Frielander seemed to change his mind about Naftuli Moster’s views being irrelevant. Naftuli is the former Belzer...
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Treating Palestinians with Dignity
Israeli residents of ChevronOne thing I have noticed about human nature is that truth cannot alter the minds of people with agendas. I can’t tell you how many times I have tried to persuade certain...
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Jewish Education is the Key
Large families like this are common in the Charedi worldThere are new statistics being gleaned from that now famous (infamous?) 2013 Pew survey of US Jewry. This time pertaining specifically to...
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Can This Really Be Daas Torah?
Rav Matisyahu Salomon, one of the signatoriesRabbi Yosef Gavriel Bechoffer said it best. “Whatever happened to "Rak am chacham v'navon ha'goy ha'gadol ha'zeh? - How wise and understanding this great...
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The Future of Charedi Leadership Requires Mada
Rav Aharon Lopianksky19th century French thinker and historian Alexis de Tocqueville has something to add to Charedi discourse. As does French philosopher and mathematician Nicolas de Condorcet , and...
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Assuring the Continuity of the Jewish People
Progressive Rabbi Michael LernerThere are 3 articles in the Forward that deal with the rising power of Orthodox Jews, their adherence to traditional values and their similarities to Evangelical...
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Is Objectifying Women Human Nature?
‘I will only date girls that are a size 2.’ This comment was made by a young man I know over 20 years ago. He got his wish. He married a lovely young woman who is very thin. And ‘they live happily ever...
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Teaching Hate to Children
Satmar Chasidim in the Stamford Hill section of LondonWhat will it take? How long can we stick our collective heads in the sand while a major and perhaps fastest growing demographic in all of Jewry...
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Sadly, the Chains Remain
R' Simcha Krauss and R' Hershel Schachter (The Jewish Week)UUpdated - see the addendum below.I cannot imagine the pain of a woman permanently chained to a man that physically or mentally abused her....
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Best Comment of all Time
What he thinks of meI cannot let this comment go. It is just too good to be buried in a comment thread from 2 days ago. I present it here in full. It is from a commenter that calls himself FWIW:You...
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Normalcy
R' Yaakov Kamenetsky, ZTLMen Darf Zein Normal. (We must be normal.) These words were uttered probably more than once by a true Gadol, one of the greatest of the 20thcentury, Rav Yaakov Kamenetsky. If I...
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Changing the Rules in the Middle of the Game
'Mug shot' of Rowan County Clerk, Kim DavisMy first thought was that if doing her job conflicts with her conscience - she should resign. Kim Davis is the Rowan County Clerk in the State of Kentucky who...
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When Chumros are Egocentric
Rav Shlomo Wolbe, ZTLRabbi Shaya Karlinksy’s post on Cross Currents should be required reading for any Jew seeking the truth of the Torah. Especially during the season of repentance. No, I am not going...
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Humanitarian Crisis? Or Perpetuating Antisemitism?
Syrian refugees I recall a while back reading about a young Egyptian involved in what has been come to be known as the Arab Spring. In its early days, this was seen as a movement liberating the Arab...
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Is it Enough?
Barry Freundel leaving D.C. Superior Court House after pleading guilty It is the season of repentance. The former rabbi at Washington DC’s Kesher Israel Congregation, Barry Freundel, has issued a...
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Missing the Point
Rav Shlomo Zalman Auerbach, ZTLRabbi Doron Beckerman has written an artilce in CrossCurrents that in my view undermines some of the excellent points made by Rabbi Shaya Karlinsky on the subject of...
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So Shall it be Written...
As we approach the new year I am going to take this opportunity to ask Mechila from anyone I may have hurt with my words. I apologize. In particular I would ask Mechila from a relatively frequent...
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