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The Unintended Consequences of a Good Cause
Children in Kiryas Joel - What will their future look like? (NYT)Last Wednesday I discussed what I believed to be a positive new directive by NYSED (New York State Education Department). After a...
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Should Airbnb be Boycotted?
West Bank borderline city of Maale AdumimAirbnb is a pretty cool app. Here is how Wikipedia describes it:Members can use the service to arrange or offer lodging, primarily homestays, or tourism...
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Rabbi Perlow's Lament
Rabbi Yaakov Perlow delivering an address at the recent Agudah ConventionRabbi Yaakov Perlow was my 12th grade Rebbe in Skokie (HTC). I have always seen him as a straight shooter desiring to do the...
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Rav Avrohom Chaim Levin, ZTL
Rav Avrohom Chaim Levine, ZTLI regret to report the Petirah (passing) of Rav Avrohom Chaim Levin, ZTL. He was the Rosh HaYeshiva of Telshe – Snif (branch) Chicago, and a member of the Agudah Moetzes...
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The Chief Rabbinate Must Remain in Orthodox Hands
ITIM founder, Rabbi Seth Farber (Religion News Service)Once again, the Chief Rabbinate has come under fire. This time it is over it’s issuance of a list of approved rabbinical courts and rabbis around...
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Is the Jewish Establishment to Blame?
I don’t blame her. Shoshanna Keats-Jaskoll has written a post on Facebook saying that she is angrier than she has been in a long, long time. I am angry too. The issue is about 3 American women who have...
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Benjamin Netanyahu - Crook or Great Leader?
Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu (Jerusalem Post)You can’t be in politics as long as Benjamin (Bibi) Netanyahu without making a few enemies. Especially if you are the Prime Minister of...
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AntiVaxxers - Religious Views Gone Awry
Rav Moshe Sternbuch (TLS)Although I have dealt with the issue in the past, I have in large part ignored the current debate over measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccinations. Not because I didn’t...
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No, Rabbi - It isn’t Shmad
Rabbi Aaron Teitelbaum, Satmar Rebbe of Kiryas Joel (YWN)A New York Times headline yesterday asked the following question: Do Children Get a Subpar Education in Yeshivas? If there was ever a loaded...
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A Breathtaking Distortion of Chanukah and Judaism
Open Orthodoxy founder, Rabbi Avi Weiss. Is this what he meant? (Forward)How sad that there are caring people with good intentions, observant Jews no less, that are nevertheless not clear on the...
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Defining Antisemitism
Rabbi Avi ShafranThere is an interesting debate at Cross Currents between Rabbi Avi Shafran and Rabbi Yitzchok Adlerstein on the subject of antisemitism. The question is do accusations of anti-Semitism...
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Even a Crook Can be Right
A monthly disruption at the Kotel (Arutz Sheva)People that live in glass houses should not throw stones. This is the advice I would give to Shas MK Arye Deri. That said, I happen to agree with the...
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Religious Jews that are Not Orthodox
2016 photo of Chabad Shiluchim at their annual meeting in New York (Hamodia)By now it is rather well established that that the American Jew is an endangered species. At least those 90% of us that are...
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Here We Go Again!
Demonstrators clash with mounted police in Bnei Brak (Arutz Sheva)According to Arutz Sheva, yet another protest is about to occur in Israel. Once again it is by the usual gang of suspects: Eitz -the...
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The Disillusioned Baal Teshuva
Award winning actress, Mayim Bialik - a modern Orthodox Baalas TeshuvaThe Gemara tells us B’Makom SheBaalei Teshuva Omdim Ein Tzadikim Gemurim Yecholim La’amod Bo. In the place where a Baal Teshuva...
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Wrong Answer!
Satmar Chasidim (Arutz Sheva)Once again we have the specter of Satmar supporting the wrong thing. In this case its their approach to white collar crimes. Instead of trying to instill basic honesty and...
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He Couldn’t Have!
Rabbi Chaim Druckman (Wikipedia)When Moti Elon (former head of the Religious Zionist Yeshivat HaKotel) was convicted of sexually abusing some of his students back in 2013, it sent shock-waves...
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The New York Regents, Yeshivos and Public Schools.
If there was ever any evidence that gaining knowledge from a secular studies curriculum does not require equivalent time allocations, this might be it. The Jewish Pressreports the following: Regents...
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An Impeachable President? Not So Fast.
Michael Cohen - sentenced to 3 years in prison (ABC News)I can see all the Trump haters salivating at the prospect that their nemesis is about to be given his due. Recent revelations by his former...
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More on the Disillusioned Baal Teshuva
Image taken from Cross CurrentsAs I was reading Rabbi Yitzchok Adlerstein’s take on some of the problems Baalei Teshuva face, it occurred to me that some of the problems their children face are similar...
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