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A Rational but Insufficient Charedi Response
Rav Aharon LopianskyRav Aharon Lopiansky is one of the reasons I insist that there ought to be Achdus between Charedim and Modern Orthodox Jews. I am a fan. Not because we agree on everything. I’m sure...
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A Heartfelt Apology
Rav Yisroel Beslky, RY of Torah VoDaathWill an apology be forthcoming?I hope the victim and his family can take some solace from this letter. On June 4th a letter was written by Rabbi Dovid Epstein...
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Rabbi Dov Lipman Responds
Rabbi Dov LipmanI cannot speak for him or predict the future. But I will go out on a limb here and say that Jonathan Rosenblum will apologize to Rabbi Dov Lipman. He is an honorable man of great...
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Achdus - A Turn for the Worse
Rabbi David Stav - photo credit: TabletWhat is happening to my people? I am not giving up hope. But I must admit that I am discouraged by the level of animosity we observant Jews have descended into -...
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Rabbi LipShutz's Vile Editorial
Rabbi Pinchos Lipshutz(I want to apologize in advance for the following harsh rhetoric. I do not usually resort to posts like this. But after reading the latest editorial in the Yated, I had no choice....
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Can This be True?
Chief Rabbi Yonah Metzger - Photo credit: Jerusalem PostOh No! Not again! Please… not again… not with this man. I have to presume innocence. Not only because of western democratic principles of...
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Jonathan Rosenblum’s Public Apology
Jonathan RosenblumI erred. Big time.These are the opening words of Jonathan Rosenblum’s apology in Cross Currents to Rabbi Dov Lipman. (For those who question why I use the honorific ‘Rabbi’ for Dov...
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Two Traitors
Edward SnowdenHow many people are upset by Edward Snowden? I certainly am. He is a traitor. Snowden’s the guy who decided that the government anti terrorist policy monitoring the periphery of cell...
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Departing from the Family Mesorah
Rabbi Moshe MeiselmanI have been faxed a published interview in the Yated of Rabbi Moshe Meiselman by someone who reads my blog. Therein Rabbi Meiselman espouses the almost verbatim argument...
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The Truth Will Set You Free
Rabbi Aryeh Z. GinsbergI would like to thank Rabbi Yosef Gavriel Bechhofer (and many others) for pointing out an important article to me in last week’s 5 Towns Jewish Times. Barry Jacobson the author...
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A Light unto This Nation
Lord Sacks and Prince Charles - Photo credit: Times of IsraelMiriam Shaviv has penned one of the most important articles in recent memory. It highlights what we will truly be missing when the current...
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The Supreme Court Decision on DOMA
A public display of homosexual behavior - Photo credit: Washington PostI completely understand and even sympathize with those in the homosexual community who declared victory yesterday. The Supreme...
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Unmasking the Truth
Rabbi Shmuel Bloom “Rabbi Shmuel Bloom (!) attacking my friend Barry. Gratuitous anecdotes, ad hominem innuendo and no substance. You would think Barry is the sitra achra! In reality, if the Ginzbergs...
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Must See TV (Video)
Rabbi Daniel Korobkin, Rabbi of BAYTThe Video below is being presented as a public service. Rabbi Daniel Korobkin - the Rav of BAYT, a large Orthodox Shul in Toronto sent me a link to it and asked if...
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A guest post about abuse that appeared here earlier this morning has been removed. Although I completely sympathize with the sentiments expressed, there were some parts of it that I believe could...
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Barry Jacobson vs Rabbi Aryeh Ginzberg - Rabbi Shalom Gold Responds
Gust Post by Rabbi Shalom GoldRabbi Shalom GoldI have been following the Barry Jacobson - Rabbi Ginzberg exchange. Since I lived in West Hempstead when Barry was growing up I was particularly moved by...
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The True Character of Great Leaders
Rabbi Dr. Norman Lamm - Photo Credit: YU via the ForwardIf anyone ever had any doubt about the character of this great man, this should completely erase any trace of it. Rabbi Dr. Norman Lamm has...
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Collateral Damage and Truth
The fallout of good intentions often amounts to what people call unintended consequences. In the case of the current ‘crisis’ facing the Charedi world in Israel, those unexpected consequences were more...
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Parnassa Comes From God
Typical Charedi Classroom scene - Photo: REUTERS/Gil Cohen MagenThe gauntlet has been thrown. It’s war! Charedi MK, Rabbi Moshe Gafni has exploded at a bill sponsored by MKs Ruth Calderon and Yafit...
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Guess who
Rav Elya SveiJoe Maryles (my cousin)Two classmates in high school. One famous. One not so much but a relative of mine. These are their high school yearbook pictures. Can you guess which is which and...
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