A Note from Rabbi Chaim Dovid Zwiebel
A Note About an Unfortunate Article August 28, 2020 By: Rabbi Chaim Dovid Zwiebel A number of people have called my attention to an anti-Agudath Israel screed that was recently published as an op-ed...
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My Final Post on the “Open Letter”
And so the pilpul chaverim — and chaverim we are and will always be — goes on! But this will, bl”n, be my final posting about the much discussed (b”H) open letter about Torah...
Thank You, R’ Avrohom
Thank you, R’ Avrohom, for responding to my question. (Hey, we might as well address each other directly, and just let others “listen in,” no?) I understand why you feel that my point #2,...
A Personal Note
Dear Cross-Currents Readers, I have been posting weekly columns here for several years, recently, reprinted from Hamodia and, more recently still, self-published. My column is now appearing in Ami Magazine, and my agreement with...
Should “Black Lives Matter” Matter?
[photo credit: Rathkopf Photography] If there were a contest for the most tasteless use of a slogan this summer, it would be hard to pick one out of several recent candidates reacting to...
Response to Rabbi Yitz Greenberg
An article I wrote for the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, and which appears in the Jerusalem Post and other JTA subscriber media, about an offensive and misleading column by Rabbi Irving (“Yitz”) Greenberg in the...
How Coronavirus Sparked an Open Season on Haredim
A piece I wrote for Haaretz about the vilification of haredim over past weeks with regard to the current coronoavirus crisis can be read here. If you are unable to read it online, feel...
The Media’s Obsession With Haredi Wrongdoing
An article I wrote for the Forward about the media’s obsession with Haredim who flout norms, and what it shows — about the media, not Haredim — is here.
Faith Amid the Flames
There was no reason for the young man to not respond to the Nazi’s question. The soldier and his partner had violently burst into his family’s apartment in the Polish city of Lodz, which...
Orthodox Yeshivas are not Bilking the Public
An article I penned about an incendiary accusation made by two writers in the pages of the Forward appears at JTA today and can be read here.
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