Amos vs. Amos Oz
The Israeli media has been focused on the late Amoz Oz, whom many consider Israel’s top writer and who passed away a fortnight ago. The world media also gave Oz’s passing a great deal...
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Regulating Yeshivas? A Neutral Law Analysis
Michael J. Broyde We’re not lacking in opinions about the New York State Education Departments’ new regulations concerning private schools and yeshivas. To move to the practical requires some horse-sense about likely outcomes. What...
Minding Our A.Q.s and M.Q.s
James D. Watson, the 90-year-old Nobel laureate co-discoverer of DNA’s structure, is recovering from a car accident and, at least in person, currently out of the public eye. But he is very much in...
Who’s Afraid of the Big, Bad World?
A recent comment by one of our readers registered a louder sound to my early-warning system than a stampede through an active minefield. Since the usual first responders did not rush to the scene...
Giving Our Children the Attention They Need and Deserve
I was recently sent this very brief video (please open the link, scroll down and watch the video), which depicts the often ugly and irreversible ramifications of children not getting adequate attention from their parents....
We’re Happy to Disinform You
The weathered ex-soldier’s face on the screen was accompanied by the message: “At least 50,000 homeless veterans are starving, dying in the streets, but liberals want to invite 620,000 refugees and settle them among...
Two New Articles
Here are two new articles of mine: Should Leah Forster Be Allowed to Perform in a Kosher Restaurant? Rabbi Cardozo: Your Views Would Destroy Judaism
James G McDonald: Early Guardian of the Jewish State
A young Joseph B. Soloveitchik used to travel to Vilna to talk in learning with R. Chaim Ozer Grodzinski. On one such visit, the future Rav Soloveitchik asked the gadol hador some halachic questions...
Hatred, Hatred Everywhere
Even before the Pittsburgh Massacre, Damon Joseph, 21, who lives in a suburb of Toledo, Ohio, hoped to go on a “virtual jihad.” The murders of 11 Jews at the end of October in...
UPDATE: The OU Reports On Negotiations With the NY Education Department
Teach NYS Confirms 3.5 Hour Daily Core Subject Requirement (Grades 7 and 8) In NYSED Enforcement Guidance To: Teach NYS Member Schools On November 20th, 2018, the New York State Education Department (NYSED) issued...
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