Author: Yitzchok Adlerstein

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The Song Was True

“The Man From Vilna” (Abie Rottenberg; Journeys IV) moved people to tears. Many people assumed that it belonged to the genre of stories that Rabbi Berel Wein calls ones “that may not have happened,...

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Geulah and Responsibility

Two Pesach motifs, each one individually difficult to understand, become even more strained when considered together. Chazal tell us that Bnei Yisrael had to be redeemed, in a sense, just then. They had descended...

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How To Write A Proper Petition

Find attorneys who know the case, inside and out. Consult with frum attorneys, who know how words are taken by the people expected to read the petition, and what impressions about the Orthodox community...

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How Not To Write a Petition

I received a few emails asking me to sign a petition asking for the release of Sholom Rubashkin for the first days of Pesach. Mr. Rubashkin has not yet been sentenced, and there are...

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Window to a Different Spirit

As a confirmed addict of anything written by the Bleichs, the first piece I looked at in the new issue of Jewish Action was Dr. Judy Bleich’s review of Ish Yehudi, the biography of...

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Tolkien on Jews

The premier issue of The Jewish Review of Books arrived in my mailbox a few days ago. It is more than impressive in its scope and the quality of its contributions. I hope to...

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