No, Mr. Lauder, Israel is not Descending into Theocracy
A piece I wrote for Forward about Ronald Lauder’s recent op-ed in the New York Times can be read here.
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Open Orthodoxy Update, Parshas Tzav
Another update on the journey of Open Orthodoxy, and its universal rejection by every reputable Orthodox body.
Tone-Deaf Jewish Marketing
I began haphazardly collecting the advertisements a number of years ago. The first, which appeared at the end of Tammuz in a Jewish periodical, touted an eatery. It was apparently aimed at carnivores troubled...
Amusing, And, Then Again, Not So Much
You’d think it was a Purim joke. But, no, “Operation Schtickle Pioneer” is a thing. At least in one person’s mind. Did you know that a Jewish cabal is planning to make “large areas...
Surveying Some Surveys
The imbalance itself didn’t come as a surprise to anyone who has been observing the political scene in recent years, but the degree to which Democrats’ support for Israel has dropped and Republicans’ has...
Open Orthodoxy Update, Parshas Tetzaveh
As Open Orthodoxy continues to attempt to influence Orthodoxy and Judaism as a whole, it is beneficial to periodically update the community regarding the latest actions of this movement.
You Know Who Isn’t Abandoning Israel?
An article I wrote for the Forward last week about American Jewry’s current and future relationship with Israel can be read here.
When Jews Target Jews
How often do we hear that Orthodox Jews care only about themselves, and don’t even accept the Jewish status of other Jews? To stereotype a particular group, whether religious or ethnic, as being supremacist is part of the problem, not the solution.
Poland Isn’t Denmark
Poland has a point. The country’s legislature passed a controversial bill last week aimed at quashing the use of the phrase “Polish death camps” for Nazi extermination enterprises built and operated by the Third...
The Orthodox Union isolates the final four
The four extreme-left organizations in the OU fold are the end of a trend that once did not have to be discussed, because it was not imaginable.
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