A Note to Cross-Current Readers
On a number of occasions my attention has been drawn to the fact that some of my essays posted on Cross-Currents have elicited in their comments sections negative remarks about, portrayals of, or insinuations...
Author: Avi Shafran
Concentric Circles
Precisely the intense empathy we feel and express for our “inner circles” enables us to feel genuine concern for those in more distant ones.
Letter to the editor in the Five Towns Jewish Times
The letter below, from the Philadelphia Rosh HaYeshiva, appears in the current issue of the Five Towns Jewish Times Dear Editor: It has come to my attention that a recent article published in this...
“Ethnic Prejudice” Neither Ethnic Nor Prejudice
The essay below, this week’s Am Echad Resources submission, was written for the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, which made it available to its subscribers(under a different title than the one below) and has graciously granted...
Emmanuel Sidebar
The below, by Rabbi Chaim Dovid Zwiebel, Agudath Israel of America’s executive vice president, appears in Hamodia as a sidebar to a larger report on the Emmanuel school situation In 1922, Oregon voters passed...
Agudath Israel Reacts to Rubashkin Sentencing
Reacting to U. S. District Court Judge Linda Reade’s sentencing of former Agriprocessors CEO Sholom Rubashkin to 27 years in prison and five years probation, Agudath Israel of America executive vice president Chaim Dovid...
A Visit, A Memory and A Wish
There are few places on earth where the phrase “Shabbat Shalom” – “Sabbath of Peace,” introduced by the Safed kabbalists in the 15th century and used as a greeting by many Jews today – would fit so well.
Right of Return
It’s always edifying when bigots who have managed to elude full exposure for years suddenly slip and appear in full ingloriousness. Helen Thomas didn’t even need the alcohol that loosened Mel Gibson’s tongue and...
Hate Crime
No responsible journalist outside the Arab world and North Korea would ever dare report an unsupported allegation as fact.
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