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Kavod HaTorah? A Misplaced Rebuke
Rav Uren Reich, Rosh HaYeshiva of Yeshiva of Woodlake Village (YWN) I am sometimes surprised by some of the prominent Charedim that read my blog and express approval. I have heard many times that even...
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Farewell Shmarya Rosenberg
Failed Messiah creator, Shmarya RosenbergThere has been a lot of discussion about the departure from blogging world of Failed Messiah creator, Shmarya Rosenberg. He announced that departure in a...
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Wearing a Kipa
“I cannot imagine a greater expression of Christianity than to say, I, too, am a Jew.” This line was uttered by someone many people think is not a friend of the Jewish people. But I contend now as I...
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A Woman Needs a Man Like a Fish Needs a Bicycle
Senator Marco Rubio and Governor Chris Christie (New York Post)He had a bad day. Despite his insistence to the contrary, Marco Rubio did not do well in the recent Republican debate. Which disappoints...
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Incredible Opportunity!
------------------------------------Adverstisement------------------------------------The David Shappel z'l, Memorial Married Couples Fellowship Yeshivat Darche Noam/Shapell's Shapel’s/Darche Noam is...
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Avrohom, Marc, Asher, and Me
Professor Marc ShapiroThere has been a lot of buzz about a blog-post written by Professor Marc Shapiro entitled Open Orthodoxy and Its Main Critic. One might suspect from the title that Professor...
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Dependency and Isolationism as a Way of Life
Chasidic children. What does their future hold? (Image fromVIN)People who belong to Chasidic communities like Satmar and Skvere are known to have some of the happiest lifestyles in the world. Family...
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Learning the Lessons of a Failing Movement
The new Conservative Siddur (Forward)Yet another attempt by the Conservative Movement at reversing the trend of diminishing numbers can be seen in the publication of its new prayer book. And a huge...
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Why Orthodox Jews Tend to be Politically Conservative
Justices of the Supreme Court. Antonin Scalia is seated second from leftThe sudden passing of Supreme Court Justice, Antonin Scalia got me to thinking about why it is that so many Orthodox Jews tend to...
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A Little Help From My Friends
It's that time of year again. If you enjoy this blog in any way and would like to see it continue, then a monetary contribution* via Paypal (located in the right margin) would go a long way towards...
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Sexual Intimacy and Halacha
Great Britain's Chief Rabbi, Ephraim Mirvis (TOI)One of the more positive developments in Modern Orthodoxy is the advent of Yoatzot. These are the very bright and dedicated female Halachic advisers...
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Orthodoxy's New Reality
Yeshiva University Beis HaMedrashI think he’s on to something. Rabbi David S. Farkas has written a thoughtful essay in Cross-Currents that echos some of my own thoughts. In a recent essay, Professor...
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The Biggest Expense of Being a Jew
Arie Crown Hebrew Day School in Chicago (Skokie)Every time I see an article like this, I want to just throw up my hands in despair. Someone once said ‘S’iz Shver Tzu Zein a Yid’. That's Yiddish for It...
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What if it’s Trump Versus Sanders?
Bernie Sanders and Donald TrumpI really can’t get over it. Never in my wildest dreams could have I ever have imagined the possibility that a narcissistic vulgar showman and a dyed in the wool socialist...
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A Charedi Concession to an Ancient Universe
Dr. Roni Grosz, head of the Albert Einstein Archives at Hebrew UniversityA billion light-years. That is a phrase I would never expect a Charedi magazine to use. Unless it was to dispute the very...
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Black Lives Matter!
An Ethiopian child in Israel. What will her future look like?One of the things that really upsets me is racial discrimination. And it seems to have reared its ugly head in the Israeli town of Petach...
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What Do Scientists Know?
Rabbi Aryeh KaplanThere has been some dispute about whether the brilliant Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan actually believed in an ancient universe even as he made an argument in favor of it using science, and...
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Does This Make Me Open Orthodox?
Once again, Rabbi Avrohom Gordimer has written a critical essay in Cross Currents about Open Orthodoxy which is difficult to disagree with. The thrust of his critique is based primarily on the words...
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Isolation and Chilul HaShem
A burning dumpster at a past Charedi protest in JerusalemOne of the problems with living your life in isolation from the rest of the world is that it cannot possibly teach you how to behave in the...
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A Vote for Trump is a Vote for Clinton
Is this the end of the Republican Party? I never thought I would be discussing politics as much as I have this year. But there has never been anything like this political season in my memory, which...
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