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More Surprising Findings from Pew
70% of Israeli Charedim want a good secular education for their childrenPew. That word used to indicate a foul odor. Hence the name Pepe Le Pew… the famous Warner Brothers striped skunk cartoon...
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The Enemy is Fundamentalist Islam
People are evacuated from Brussels airport following twin blasts (cnbc)A while back I recall reading (no longer recall where) about the Koran - the document upon which Islam is based. It was in an...
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Empowering Women at the Kotel
Among the many duties of the Kohanim (Temple Priests) is the charge by God to bless the Jewish people. This is called Birkas Kohinim or Nisiyas Kapayim - the raising of the hands. This blessing is...
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Cry Me a River
Anti IDF poster aimed at CharedimThe profound words of Rabbi Shraga Feivel Samuels can be seen... no EXPERIENCED! in a video taken at an anti army gathering in Israel. Those words moved me to tears....
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Reject Our Unworthy Members
Profoundly offensive act by Jews we should reject from OrthodoxyThere are a lot of Orthodox Jews, myself included, that often say that all observant Jews have more that unites us than what divides us....
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Tradition Matters
Law Professor and Author, Roberta Rosenthal KwallKitniyos. How many Jews know what that word means? I believe that most Orthodox Jew know what it means. But how many Conservative Jews and other...
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The Big Twelve and Jewish Education
Rabbi David Ozeri (Mishpacha)The intractable problem of the high cost of Jewish education has once again been discussed in a major Charedi publication. This time it focused on the woefully underpaid...
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The ‘Old Yishuv’ - Yesterday and Today
Guest Contribution By Paul ShavivSeated: Rav Yosef Chaim Sonnenfeld and Rav Avrohom Yitzchok KookI received the following submission from Paul Shaviv. I am always honored to post essays by this very...
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Pardon My Cynicism
Guest contribution by Yissochor Dov Alter*Are children like these being short-changed?The author of this post is someone that is a firmly integrated member of the Torah world. Although not an educator,...
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Emunas Chachamim and the Rabbinic Leaders of our Day
R'A.L. Shteinman: The new MO leader? Maybe on this issueModern Orthodoxy may have a new leader. Well he may not be all that new. In fact at over 100 years of age he’s quite old. And very few people...
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An Unorthodox Renaissance
Steven Bayme (American Jewish Committee) JTASteven Bayme, the American Jewish Committee’s director of contemporary Jewish life has written an op-ed about a new organization called PORAT (People for...
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Is Targeting Chasidic Schools the New Antisemitism?
Children of Stamford Hill. What will their future look like? (Independent)‘Tateh, M’Shnad Payis’ - father, they’re cutting off Peyos. I recall this Yiddish comment being made by a survivor in the movie...
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An Attempt to Export Failure
Image cross posted from Cross-CurrentsI have been a fan of Rabbi Emanuel Feldman ever since I heard about him many years ago. He is one of the true heroes of Orthodox Judaism. He did in Atlanta what...
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The Slippery Slope to Oblivion
Conservative Rabbi, Seymour RosenbloomAs if I needed more proof of the bankruptcy of the Conservative Movement, along comes a distinguished member of that movement suggesting that they rescind their...
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Corruption of the NYPD in Boro Park
(L-R) Norman Seabrook, Jeremy Reichberg Philip Banks,and Jona Rechnitz (NYP)There is absolutely nothing wrong with community activists seeking to establish good relations with the police department....
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Driving the Wedge Further
Lila Kagedan,- Newly installed Rabbi at Mount Freedom Jewish CenterLila Kagedan is the kind of person that should be a role model for all Jewish women. This may surprise many people since I am opposed...
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The View from Here
Speaker Paul Ryan seen here with Prime Minister Benjamin NetanyahuLooks like the inevitability of a Trump Presidency, is not so inevitable anymore. Finally, his rhetoric is catching up with him. Once...
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An Unfunny Silly Season
Bizarro WorldI was an avid fan of Superman when I was a child. I used to buy every comic book that had stories about the Man of Steel – and save them in mint condition for posterity. No I don’t have...
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Porn
Warning:The following post contains adult material. Readers be cautioned that it is intended for adult reading only. Please keep comments within the guidelines posted in the right margin and use polite...
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Is it the Journalists? Or is it Us?
Illustration from VINAs if to underscore my contention that in certain circles there is an irrational assumption about antisemitism (or more accurately anti Orthodoxy) in mainstream America, along...
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