How to Produce Quality Wine in Israel
When the first bottle of Rothschild’s Rishon Le-Tzion wine was brought to the Netziv by courier, he was more than happy to receive it – but he refused to taste of it. First, he...
Author: Yitzchok Adlerstein
Of Rabas and Maharats
I’ve held my silence for weeks about the Maharat issue, mostly because I have felt that it is so critical an issue, that it deserved a magisterial treatment by someone in a higher place,...
How to Win the War, One Person at a Time
Kiddush Hashem begets kiddush Hashem. High up on my list of those who create Kiddush Hashem regularly and systematically is Jewish World Review. This site, sustained by the mesiras nefesh of Binyomin Jolkovsky, bundles...
Neither Rain Nor Snow Nor Volcanic Ash Fazes El Al
In the run-up to Shavuos, we might remember that Chazal explain the word “Sinai” as the place at which sinah/hatred descended to the world. The giving of the Torah created distance, envy, and rejection....
The Haredi Empire Strikes Back!
In the latest blow to the self-image of the mighty Tel-Avivian, a haredi contestant beat out his closest competitors to take top honors in the “Quiz of the State” sponsored by Arutz-2. Moshe Abu-Aziz,...
Irony or Hashgacha?
Without nevi’im, we never know with certainty how to react to and interpret “coincidences.” But HKBH does play His Hand more visibly at some times than others… This item is a few days old....
Something For Everyone
The ongoing debate on Cross-Currents is such a collection of apples and oranges, that we could start a whole blessed fruit store. Everyone is talking right past everyone else. [Disclaimer: I am personally friendly...
A New, Poignant Wrinkle in the “Quality of Life” Issue
Is a mother who suffered devastating brain damage during delivery still a mother? Should her triplet toddlers have any contact with her, or be spared the shock and potential guilt? Should the court accept...
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,...
Giving Up the Struggle for Life – Second Thoughts
[Please note an important clarification by the husband of the subject of the the article. It appears in the comments that follow the article.] She had become a palliative care physician, having survived a...
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