From the Fireline
Prof. Menachem Kellner at the University of Haifa has been sending updates from the area to a list of friends. This one came in just before Shabbos began in Israel. It struck me as...
Author: Yitzchok Adlerstein
A Chanukah Primer With a Pretext
Man bites dog is news; the New York Times getting the starting date of Chanukah wrong is not news. In regard to the Howard Jacobson op-ed on the subject, everything else about the piece...
The Yeshiva Bochur YouTube and its Discontents
No, I don’t applaud the now-infamous YouTube– but I do not agree with much of the criticism leveled against it. To co-opt the phraseology of another writer on the topic, I am a “maximalist”...
The Lord Giveth, The Lord Taketh Away
Sometimes He does the reverse. Through His trusted servants the Palestinians, He has apparently decided to correct a historical wrong that had been shared by Jews, Christians and Muslims for centuries. All of them...
A Plea For Consistency
You had to rub your eyes in disbelief when you read the words. There, on the cover of Mishpacha, a banner used a phrase straight from the Nancy Pelosi playbook. “Caught at the Border:...
Kupat Ha’ir’s Over The Top Advertising
The report you heard is true, according to multiple, reliable local sources with whom I checked. The Lakewood mashgiah Rav Mattisyahu Solomon, shlit”a, did term some of the solicitation techniques of Kupat Ha’ir as...
Frum Irish Eyes, Still Smiling
A few weeks ago, we posted a short piece on the remarkable career of Rabbi Theodore Lewis z”l. Rabbi Akiva Males of Harrisburg, PA pointed us to a later story with an anecdote too...
A Different Path For Women’s Torah Learning
They mourned when Shira Smiles traded the hills of Hollywood for the heights of Ramat Beit Shemesh, leaving behind a small army of ardent followers. They kept up the connection through a regular video...
Not Your Average Mirrer
The signs in Meah Shearim, in both Hebrew and English, gave away the fact that there was a story here. The aron of “Rabbi Theodore Lewis (Uncle Teddy)” was being brought home. He was...
Yechezkel’s Kever
Unless you are on active duty with the United States military in Iraq, this fascinating video is the closest you are going to get for a while to the inside of Yechezkel’s tomb, venerated...
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