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Why We Can’t Remain Silent
Conservative Rabbi David WolpeOne would think that the differences between Open Orthodoxy and Conservative Judaism are in fact significant at some level. Even though many of us have said that Open...
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Why the Increase in Palestinian Violence?
Scene of recent knife attack in Jerusalem (Yahoo News)I have always admired Rabbi Moshe Grylak, publisher of Mishpacha Magazine. Even when I disagreed with him, Which is rare. He is unafraid. A man in...
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Israel Is Not the Enemy
Stop hating us! Stop lying about us! Stop killing us! This is my message to the Palestinian people - and to all Muslims and Arabs if they really want peace. One thing needs to be made perfectly clear....
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Jerusalem and Athens
Shulem Deen's MemoirsI am often asked why I tolerate atheists on my blog. They have a tendency to try and justify their belief that there is no God and that the Torah is a man made document. In fact...
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Two Torahs? Now More than Ever!
Last night's meeting in Bnei Brak, R' Chaim Kanievsky is seated on left (YWN)I am finding harder than ever to believe there is only one Torah for all Jews. It may seem like a shock to many that an...
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Agunah - Dissension Among the Ranks
Tamar Epstein (Forward)I never thought I would see the day when members of the Agudah Moetzes would have a public disagreement on a matter of such great Halachic magnitude. But that day has arrived.Not...
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The Get as a Loaded Gun
422 comments thus far… and going strong. I was hoping to move on to another subject today. But I have to address what I sense is a very disheartening attitude among some of the disputants in the Tamar...
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The Enemy is Radical Islam
Islamic terrorist couple Tashfeen Malik and Syed Rizwan Farook There seems to be a political divide about what to call the kind of terrorism that has been occurring with ever increasing frequency.On...
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Jimmy Carter as a Role Model
Ex-President Jimmy CarterI voted for him. I admit it. I voted for the worst President in my lifetime, Jimmy Carter, back in 1976 when he ran against Gerald Ford. (I voted for Reagan the 2ndtime in...
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The ‘Donald’
Donald TrumpIt’s way too early to speculate about who will be the Republican nominee for President of the United States. I wasn’t going to comment on the race until much later. But in light of the...
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Perpetuating Poverty in Israel
Image from KikarTo say that Charedim are uneducated is a misnomer. They are educated in the most important area of study to the Jewish people: Torah study. There is no question that in the Charedi...
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A Charedi View on Perpetuating Poverty
Guest Contribution by Rabbi Baruch Tennenbaum*How many are learning at a level justifying community support?Once again, I am proud to feature the words of a prominent, highly respected Charedi...
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Israel's Poor: 'Bailing them out'? or 'Getting them out'?
Guest Contribution by Simon CadranelKupat Ha'ir - one of the primary charities serving the Charedi poor in IsraelUpdatedA few days ago, I commented on the poverty statistics of the Charedi world in...
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Christians and Jews: What Kind of Partnership?
Pope Francis and Rabbi Shmuel Rabinowitz at the Kotel (Vatican Radio)I have been reluctant to comment on this. But I think it deserves some sort of response. A document signed by 25 rabbis has been...
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Esther Bas Aryeh Leib Perlman, ZL
Due to the untimely death of a dear family friend, whose funeral took place today, there will be no new post today.Esther Perlman had a good heart. 'The Torah of kindness (was) on her tongue'. She was...
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Outreach that Legitimizes Heterodoxy
Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel, R' David LauIt is so frustrating! The time is ripe for Orthodox Jewry to reach out to all Jews regardless of denominational affiliation or lack thereof. Now more than...
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What Century Do They Live In?
Guest contribution by Paul ShavivImage taken from the Solomon Schechter School of Manhattan I received the following submission from Paul Shaviv, a Jewish educator par excellence. Mr. Shaviv is...
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Sexuality and Holiness
Modesty in IslamI completely understand my cousin Elana Maryles Sztokman’s frustration. As I do her approach to rid the world of its attitudes and methods of dealing with female sexuality. But her...
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The Chilul HaShem that Keeps on Giving
Marcello Trebitsch giving a Daf Yomi Shiur (Screenshot)I never cease to be both amazed, embarrassed, and disappointed at developments like this. It aggravates me beyond words. I hate commenting on...
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Undercover Cop: Moser or Hero?
Former MK, Rabbi Dov Lipman confronting extremists in Ramat Bet ShemeshOnce again I am appalled by what has happened in two hotbeds of extremism. One in Meah Sheraim and the other in suburban Ramat Bet...
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