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Conversations
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Being Blind to Corruption Does Not Equal Compassion
It is a pretty unflattering picture. There is no other way to read an article in the Forward about the city of Kiryas Joel. And protestations from the Rabbi Aharon Teitelbaum, the Satmar Rebbe of...
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The Challenge of Integrating Orthodoxy
Invitation to BMG retreat featuring the OU's R' Steven Weil as a keynote speaker One of the most significant events that happened to Chicago in my lifetime is the advent of the Chicago Community...
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It’s Going to be President Donald J. Trump
Well, it seems to have happened a lot faster than I predicted. The tide seems to have turned in favor of Donald Trump.I therefore stand by my prediction that he will be elected the next President of...
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How Many More Are There Like Him?
Accused Mashgiach arriving in a Jerusalem court (Arutz Sheva)This is one subject I hate writing about. That’s because the subject matter is so disgusting. Not that I haven’t dealt with it. I have. Many...
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Honoring a Ban in the Breach
Chasidim - picture for illustrative purposes only (Arutz Sheva)No matter how much they try, it isn’t going to work. Once again the leadership of a Chasidus has attempted to forbid internet use. There...
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Shomrim – the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
There is much that is good about the Chasidic world. It is a brotherhood like no other. It is that sense of brotherhood that in my view was the impetus for forming the Shomrim Society back 1977....
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Where is the Real Center?
Chabad Shluchim in front of 770 Eastern Parkway in Brooklyn- 2012 (VIN)I’m sorry they removed the post. Cross Currents had recently featured an article by Rabbi Avrohom Gordimer that was critical of...
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Being Jewish is Not Enough
Democratic Presidential candidate, Bernie Sanders (The New Yorker)I had always thought that if a Jew became a serious candidate for President, I would very likely support him. Of course that support...
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Rabbi Yitzchok Adlerstein Responds
Rabbi Yitzchok Adlerstein (Patheos)How many prominent Charedi rabbis would join a Catholic nun and together - see a remake of the movie, The Ten Commandments– and then do a review of the movie from an...
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Orthodoxy Does Not Mean Extremism
Rabbi Meir Kahane's grandson, Meir EttingerI have to take strong issue with Naomi Zeveloff. Writing in the Forward she maintains that ‘Orthodoxy and Right-Wing Extremism Go Hand-in-Hand in Israel.’...
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The 400 Pound Gorilla
Harambe, the 400 pound gorilla killed to save the life of a 4 year oldI am more than a bit surprised at the public reaction. This is not to say that I think the shooting of a 400 pound silver back...
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Reasonable Accommodation or a Constitutional Violation?
Picture from the Forward for illustrative purposes onlyThis is one of those cases where I have to wonder whose rights are being violated by a reasonable accommodation. And what the motivation might...
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The Rupture Began with Reform
Union for Reform Judiasm president, Rabbi Rick Jacobs (TOI)I have to take issue with the Reform leader. He was quoted saying the following in a recent AP story (republished at VIN) about the...
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‘Printed in E. Israel’ and Other Slights
Yom Yerushalyim at the Kotel in 2011‘I do what Ben Gurion does, I don’t say Hallel and I don’t say Tachanun’. This was the clever and humorous response of Rav Yosef Kahaneman, founder and Rosh...
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Mass Conversions to Judaism
Some of the new converts from Madagascar (JTA)One of the hot button issues of the day is conversion to Judaism as it applies to an estimated 300 thousand non Jewish immigrants to Israel. This has been...
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Full Time Torah Study is Not for Everyone
Typical Yeshiva Beis HaMedrash, - growing exponentially every generationOnce again, another observer has noticed the obvious. I say ‘once again’ because she is not the first one to notice it. It has...
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The Lesser of Two Evils
Hillary Clinton taking a victory lap last night (Mother Jones)I believe that Donald Trump, has a more pro Israel point of view than Hillary Clinton. I say this based on everything I’ve read about him…...
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Terrorism and Peace
Scene of yesterday's terrorist attack in Tel Aviv (Times of Israel) “It’s about the settlements.” This is the constant refrain from Israel’s critics. Even friendly ones like the US. If only the...
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Eshel - A Force for Acceptance or for Change?
There seems to be some confusion among Orthodox Jews about homosexuality and gender identity. I think that these are two separate issues that need to be dealt with separately. I am going to limit this...
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