The Gift of the Three Kedoshim
Dear Eyal, Gilad, and Naftali: We are grateful that we do not have to face your families. We would have to say something – and we can’t. Can we tell them that we share...
Author: Yitzchok Adlerstein
Bring Our Tefilos Home
I don’t recall another such occasion in my lifetime. I am not a regular participant in Yom Kippur Katan. But BEH, I will certainly try this afternoon. It is not so unusual for us...
It’s Not Your Mother’s Knesset
They davened in Knesset last week for the three bochrim. Men and women, separate. With a mechitzah. Mi k’amcha Yisrael.
AGT or YGK?
Virtually the entire Jewish community was united last week in its concern for Eyal, Naftoli and Gilad. It took a kippah-wearing twelve year-old shocking the judges on America’s Got Talent to give us back...
Tikvah: The Distaff Side
In a manner reminiscent of the way a woman takes over all the space in the closet once a guy gets married, the women have taken over the TikvahYeshiva website. Which is a good...
What a Jewish Mother Whose Son Is Held Captive Thinks About
One excerpt from a letter to rabbis of the RCA from Mrs. Rachelli Sprecher Frankel, mother of Israeli hostage Naftali Frankel: We trust the Rabbis will talk about Eyal, Gil-ad & Naftali in their...
A Beautiful Response To Some Odious Suggestions
In the pain we all share in the uncertainty over the Shvuyei Tzion, some have been moved to publish suggestions that are silly, obnoxious, and reprehensible. Unless, of course, they were made by genuine...
JFNA Should Not Advocate For Civil Marriage in Israel
There are better ways for the Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA) to express unity with Jews in Israel than to join them in short-sighted and counterproductive actions. That, apparently, is exactly what they...
The “Monsey Summit” – Round Two
After some initial hesitation, I am ready to declare the much-lamented “Monsey Summit” a complete success. Definitely much-lamented. Some lament the bombastic name; others lament the fact that it took place altogether. But much...
Tikvah Yeshiva Fellows – An Interim Report
A while back, I wrote with pride and expectation about the Tikvah Yeshiva Fellows program, to be held mid-August on Long Island. We’ve been putting together faculty, while processing the applications. Since the time...
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