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Fearing the Other Party
Fearing the Other Party (Huffington Post)A June 2016 poll by Pew shows what might to some people be startling results. 49% of Republicans and 55% of Democrats are afraid of the other party. AFRAID! I...
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An Immodest Response
Leggings (for those of us that are sartorially challenged with respect to women’s clothing) are tight-fitting stretch pants, typically worn by women or girls. It goes without saying that this kind of...
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Enablers Must Suffer Consequences
One of 22 sex abuse suspects arrested in Israel yesterday (screenshot -Ynet)22. That’s the number of people that were arrested for sex crimes in Israel yesterday. Why were so many arrested all at...
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The Outrageous and Constant Chilul HaShem Must Stop!
Rabbi Shmuel Auerbach speaking at a rally yesterday (Arutz Sheva)I can’t. I just can’t comprehend it. How religious young Jews from what are likely mainstream Charedi homes can behave like this is...
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Only In America
Swearing in ceremony of the new US ambassador to Israel (TOI)I have to admit that I felt a strong sense of pride this morning when I viewed yesterday’s swearing in of America’s new ambassador to...
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Loosening the Reins
Footsteps member removing his Tefilin (NYT)After reading yet another sad article in the New York Times about so many formerly religious young Jews that have gone OTD (Off the Derech), I thought, just...
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When Will They Ever Learn
Senator Cory Booker visiting SCHI (SCHI website)He could have gone down as a great man. History has been very kind to individuals who have sacrificed for their people. 60 year old Rabbi Osher Eisenman...
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Unorthodox Answers
‘Seder without history’ (The Torah.com)The question is better than any of the answers given. In some cases, the answers are shocking – coming from knowledgeable people that claim that mantle of...
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Going OTD in Israel
Haim Rubenstein, at 13 and today (Tablet)What a startling statistic! There are about 17,000 Israelis between the ages of 20 and 40 that have left the ultra-Orthodox world. This figure is from Israel’s...
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A Ray of Sunshine on the Trump Presidency
The KushnersNo, I have not changed my mind about the President. I still believe he is an embarrassment to this country. But as I have said before, I do not think he is the disaster I once thought he...
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Sexual Harassment, Consent, and Coed Schools
Illustration from the ForwardAfter reading this article in the Forward , my first thoughts were that its author, Brocha Shanes, should never have attended a coed school. Brocha complains that there is...
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Mike Pence and Yichud
Vice President Mike Pence and his wife KarenThis may surprise many people that do not know me well but I am a big fan of the Hilchos Yichud. (Not that any Halacha needs me to be a fan.) Yichud is the...
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An Odious Comparison
Ayatollah Rouhollah Khomeini - Israel's future does not look like this manI literally do not know where to begin. But I do know how wrong Reza Aslan is. How misguided his fear is. And how misleading...
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Chag Sameach
It’s Erev Pesach in Chicago. Needless to say It's been a busy week preparing for Yom Tov. I'm sure the same is true for most of us this time of year.This evening I am hosting two of my daughters and...
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Another Odious Comparison
Religious Zionists worse than Hezbollah? (Jerusalem Post) Columnist Yossi Klein in his latest oped in Ha’aretz has called religious Zionists "more dangerous than Hezbollah, hit-and-run drivers or girls...
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Why Do They Keep Doing it?
Peleg's hated Charedi soldierI don’t get it. I really don’t. The harassment of Charedi Jews continues. Harassment that is apparently sanctioned by Peleg, the Jerusalem faction of Charedi Jews led by...
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The Weaker Sex
Are women in the military a good idea?I can already hear the loud sneers about the title of this post from the more militant feminists. But this fact should be obvious to any rational person. Men and...
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Why I Criticize
Illustration form Mishpacha MagazineI sometimes wonder if my sense of right and wrong is guiding me properly. When I write a critical post about an Orthodox Jew that committed a crime, I often get...
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An Open Letter to Eytan Kobre and Mishpacha Magazine
Guest Contribution by Rabbi Sholom Gold - Ish YerushalayimTomatoes grown in Israel Rabbi Sholom Gold, a renowned Religious Zionist Rabbi who lives in Israel, has asked that I publish his rather strong...
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When Violating Halacha is Required
The Kushners on SukkosFirst things first. Ivanka Trump is Jewish. There should be no question about her status as a Jew. She was converted by a rabbinic court which – if I understand correctly - had...
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