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The Non Existent War Against Charedim
Typical sight at a Yeshiva like MirI certainly have to give this fellow an A for effort. In a somewhat rambling essay about who they are and what they do, (published in Arutz Sheva and republished in...
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The Disintegration of the Charedi World as We Know it
MK Porush chained to the podium - Photo Credit: YatedHow far has the apple fallen from the tree. According to an article in Israel Hayom, Rav Shmuel Auerbach apparently supports the campaign to...
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The Rabbis Sons
Rabbis David and Yisroel Meir Lau - Photo Credit: YnetThe recent election for the Chief Rabbinate in Israel has resulted in a win for the 2 Charedi candidates. First let me say that I have nothing...
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Peace Negotiations - A Necessary Waste of Time
ZAKA evacuating a body at one of many past terrorist attacks in IsraelNo one wants to see peace in the Middle East more than I do. So when it comes to making concessions for peace, I am four square in...
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Of Homosexuals and Pedophiles
Accused pedophile Avrohom MondrowitzI was just sent a link to a blog called Together We Heal(TWH). This is a website whose stated purpose ‘is for any who suffered the trauma of Child Sexual Abuse....
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The Impressions of an Expert
Guest Post by Anonymous, Ph.D.Convicted serial child molester, Jerry SanduskyThe following short post was written by a psychologist who is a Ph.D. and widely respected in his field. He originally wrote...
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Whose Values Do They Represent?
Charedi tourists 'bathing' in a memorial fountainI don’t see how anyone can claim that they are extremists who are an exception to the rule - amounting to only a small handful of Charedim. I am talking...
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Children in Need
Guest Post by Foster MomEvery once in awhile I get an e-mail from one of my readers that touches my soul. I received one from a truly dedicated Jewish woman who cares about her fellow Jews. Especially...
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Ahavas Chainam is a Two Way Street
Rav Matisyahu SalomonThere has been a lot of buzz on the internet about an article published this week in the Yated. It was penned by one of my past critics, Rabbi Avrohom Birnbaum. I have received...
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The Extremists of Islam and Judaism
Islamist extremistI would never compare Charedi Rabbinic leadership to the apologist western Muslim leaders. Who well dressed in fashionable Western garb always come forward to condemn a terrorist...
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The Holocaust as a Kindness
A wake-up call?!One of the things that never fails to upset me is when people of stature start trying to explain the Holocaust. There are some rabbinic figures who have tried to do so, both past and...
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Will Observant Judaism of the Future Look Like Satmar?
A Satmar Chasid with his daughters in Williamsburg A friend of mine (by way of the internet – I never met him personally) once told me never to predict the future based on linear projections. That was...
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Time to Come Out of the Closet
Rabbi Daniel EidensohnFor the vast majority of Orthodox Jewry, the subject of child sexual abuse is an important issue. One would not be human if they did not consider it of vital importance. First...
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When Good Children Go OTD
The problem seems to be far worse than anyone thinks. We may even be at an epidemic level. Everywhere I turn these days it seems, I find a family where at least one child has gone OTD (Off the...
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Was This Really Religious Discrimination?
It is a story like this that illustrates why there is so much animosity by the right towards the Israel Defense Forces. Not because they are right or wrong. But because of the way the Charedi world...
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Reading the Mind of God
I am beginning to believe that reading the mind of God is a predilection of Charedi rabbis. At least a certain type of Charedi rabbi indigenous to the holy land. Increasingly it seems that tragedies...
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The Importance of Day Schools
Shachris at Arie Crown Hebrew Day SchoolI never thought I would have to make this argument in 2013.Jordana Horn, the former New York bureau chief of The Jerusalem Post, has written an article in the...
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Why Cooler Heads will Never Prevail
Charedi students reading posters in JerusalemIn a dispute between Eytan Kobre and Rabbi Natan Slifkin, the clear winner is… (wait for it…) Eytan Kobre. At least that would be the obvious conclusion of...
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The Wrong Stuff
Rabbi Chaim DruckmanOne of the saddest moments in the Dati Leumi/Religious Zionist camp in Israel is the sex abuse conviction last week of one of their former icons, Rabbi Moti Elon. In order to...
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A Step in the Right Direction
It’s like being a little bit pregnant. There is no such thing. Either you’re pregnant or you’re not. Just because you are not showing yet, doesn’t mean you are not going to go full term and have a...
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