Because I Like the Guy
by D. Katz “All politics is local; all politics is personal.” Such was the judgment of that famous Irish Democrat, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Thomas “Tip” O’Neill. And he was right. I...
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Scenes from the Jihad
by Jeff Jacoby A half-dozen snapshots from the global jihad: Australia: Australia’s foremost Muslim cleric triggers an uproar when he likens women who don’t wear an Islamic headscarf to “uncovered meat” and blames them...
Undeserved Forgiveness
by Jeff Jacoby Ed. Note: This piece was originally published (in the Boston Globe) during Sukkos. The issues Mr. Jacoby raises, however, are similar to those discussed by Rabbi Dovid Gottlied in his contribution...
Yisrael Valis: Two Versions of a Story
by Sarah Shapiro On April 10th, Erev Pesach, an appalling news item appeared in The Jerusalem Post: The Jerusalem District Attorney’s Office on Sunday filed an indictment against a 19-year-old father on the day...
Operation “Prayer Shield” for Israel
by Michael Freund What a difference a few minutes can make. That thought must surely be running through the minds of dozens of parents and teenagers at the HaNativ HaYeshivati high school in Sderot,...
Continuity: Wrong and Right Answers
by Rabbi Avi Shafran Quite a stir ensued at a recent American Jewish Committee symposium in Washington when Israeli novelist A.B.Yehoshua called the hosting organization’s 100-year record “a great failure” and opined that Jews...
The Metzitzah B’Peh Controversy
Several readers, who are not Jewish Observer subscribers, wanted to read the article on Metzitzah B’Peh by R’ Chaim Dovid Zweibel to which Jonathan Rosenblum referred earlier today. It is enclosed herein, and explains...
Public Schools vs. Parents’ Values
by Jeff Jacoby Of the five candidates running to succeed Mitt Romney as governor of Massachusetts, all but one have chosen to send their children to private schools. Nothing wrong with that — millions...
One Week Later: Time for some Questions
By Rabbi Yakov Horowitz It is almost exactly one week after the chilul Hashem in Boro Park where fires were set in the streets and a police car was torched after a respected 75-year-old...
By special request
The following is posted by special request, and is most relevant to those in NY, NJ, PA, DE and MD: Dear Rabbonim, I am involved in a Tzedaka organization, Kesser Kavod, based in Lakewood,...
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