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A New Day for School Choice?
Secretary of Education designate, Betsy DeVossIf one follows the media coverage of Secretary of Education designate, Elisabeth ‘Betsy’ DeVos, one would think that that she is an ignorant uncaring...
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A Welcome 180
Manny Waks at the podium - panel members seated to his left (NYJW)At 18, he left the Orthodox community, his family publicly confronting his abusers, his faith shattered by the abuse he had suffered...
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Hubris and Inconsistency
Conservative Movement's Louis GinzbergOne of the first things the founders of the Conservative Movement did was to remove the Mechtiza from their synagogues. They argued that since this idea was no...
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Whose Fault is it, Anyway?
Note the black eye! (YWN)18th century Irish statesman and political theorist, Sir Edmund Burke, once famously observed that the only thing necessary for the triumph of evil, is for good men to do...
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Deciding Orthodox Practice
R' Hershel Schachter - a signatory to the OU PsakThe debate goes on. And it is as divisive as ever. Those who seek an egalitarian goal in Orthodoxy see denying women the ability to be serve as rabbis...
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No Pressure. No Obligation. No Subscription Fees.
It's that time of year again. Most people like to be paid for the work they do. Even if they love their jobs. How many times have I heard a popular actor or actress who is well paid for their work say...
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Is the Future of Modern Orthodoxy Doomed?
Bais Yisroel - typical Yeshiva where students come in MO and leave Charedi In yet another thoughtful essay, Ezra Epstein provides some insight into the phenomenon of the ‘gap year’. This is the year...
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Throw Them in Jail!
Deputy Defense Minister, Rabbi Eli Ben-DahanI get it. I really do. These students are protesting the draft. Much the same way American students did during the 70s. In both cases the students protesting...
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Uncivilized Behavior
There is only one word that can capture the behavior of certain religious looking Jews: Uncivilized. These are Jews that are raised in a bubble. A bubble that sees everything outside of it as either...
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Turx, Trump, the Media, and Policy
Chasidic reporter, Jake Turx (TOI)Turx is how this Chasidic reporter identifies. No first name. Just his last. Reminds me of the fictional gunslinger Paladin in the 50s TV series ‘Have Gun. Will...
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The Real World Education of a Liberal Reporter
Freelance reporter, Hunter Stuart (VIN)It’s no secret that I lean conservative on most issues. However, I am not a card carrying conservative. I do have some views that are usually considered liberal....
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When Legitimate Moral Values Conflict
Rabbi Rafi Eis (Herzl Institute)Rabbi Rafi Eis has written a insightful essay on Torah Musings about the current controversy surrounding women as rabbis. The controversy has recently been increased by...
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The First Thirty Days
US Representative to the UN, Nikky HaleyChaos! That is probably the best way to describe how the Trump Presidency is going so far. But there are exceptions. One of which is his choice of who will...
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OTD on the Down Low
Typical looking observant Jews. Are they all as they appear to be?Observant Judaism is hard. There is no question about it. It is not easy to ‘follow all the rules’. Especially those rules that are...
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Recognition Yes. Authority No.
'Rabbi' Nechama Leibowitz?Perhaps the biggest challenge to Orthodoxy today is the glass ceiling. This is a concept I never heard of until relatively recently a few years ago. It came into vogue at the...
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How And When Should Judaism Change?
Guest Contribution by Elliot ResnickWho would sit on today's Sanhedrin? (Algemeiner)Elliot Resnick is a writer and editor for The Jewish Press, as well as the author of “Movers and Shakers: Sixty...
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When Ethics are Trumped by Other Considerations
Former Chief Rabbi of Israel and convicted criminal, Yona MetzgerI have to agree Rabbi Gil Student. He has said that Yona Metzger, the immediate past Ashekenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel ought to have his...
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Extremism and Protesting WoW
Women of the Wall leader, Anat HoffmanI have been opposed to the Women of the Wall (WoW) ever since I first heard about them. For those who have somehow missed this phenomenon, Let me explain it. WoW...
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Antisemitism in America
JCC being evacuated because of a bomb threat (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)We live in the best of times. At least as far antisemitism is concerned. Now before anyone goes ballistic here and says I’m off my...
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The State of the Presidency
President Trump addressing congress last might (CNN)Last night he was Presidential. For the first time President Donald Trump did not sound like a reactionary with a 72 word vocabulary. He did not...
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