True Jews
You may know something about the Sicarii, or Sikari’im (or Sikrikim), the radical Jewish faction at the time of the destruction of the Second Beis Hamikdash. What you may not know is that their...
Author: Avi Shafran
“Blood of the Right Sort”
During Germany’s accursed Third Reich, the U.S. immigration system severely limited the number of German Jews admitted to the country to about 26,000 annually. But even that quota was less than a quarter filled...
Remembering Leonard Fein, a”h
A remembrance of Leonard Fein, who was a dear friend of mine over many years, appears on Tablet, and can be read here
Empowering Ehrlichkeit
If you live in New York City and order a sliced bagel (unlike if you ordered it uncut), you owe sales tax on the item. And if you bought gasoline in New Jersey, you...
Time to Come Home
An article I wrote back in 2001 for Moment Magazine, a Jewish periodical, was not well-received at the time in some circles. Understandably. The article’s thesis was that the Conservative movement’s claim to halachic...
In a Sane World…
Have you heard about the white family in Chicago that routinely vilifies the members of the black one across the street, calling them vile names, demanding that they move and hurling rocks through their...
CNN’s New Low
One needn’t be a Trumpaholic to know that certain media have a way of “reporting” that undermines truths. Take a recent CNN headline: “Christian man prays with Jerusalem Muslims as religious tensions flare.” The...
Arab Vs. Arab
Right off the bat, let’s get one thing straight: It’s pronounced something like “gutter,” with the stress on the first syllable and the “g” a bit harder than the one in that English word,...
Why Would American Orthodox Jews Fund a Campaign that Vilifies Them — and Israel?
An opinion piece I wrote for Haaretz can be read here. If you would like a PDF copy of it, just e-mail me at rabbi[email protected] with “Haaretz piece” in the subject line.
“Mr.” to Us
Something recently reminded me of one of the many lessons I was privileged to be taught by Rav Yaakov Weinberg, zt”l, who served as Rosh Yeshivah of Yeshivas Ner Yisroel in Baltimore. As an...
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