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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Statement of Agudath Israel of America on Polish Holocaust Law
February 2, 2018 Statement of Agudath Israel of America on Polish Holocaust Law The thousands of Polish citizens who courageously hid and aided Jews during the Holocaust are legend, and deserving of...
The “shul” I won’t attend
Why not? Because I may not. The Orthodox Union name on food is a guarantee that it is kosher. Not so with synagogues.
Remarkable Bordering on Incredible
Senator Orrin G. Hatch’s announcement of his retirement at the end of the year brought me back to the summer of 1995. That’s when I returned to my family’s former home of Providence, Rhode...
Those Who Prey and Those Who Daven
A young woman wrote me to relate several instances in which she, a woman, was humiliated and disrespected by men who were obviously Orthodox or haredi.
The Jewish Connection
The vandalism of a Fort Smith, Arkansas mosque in 2016 by three young local men wouldn’t seem to have any Jewish connection. But it did. Or, better, it turns out that it does. The...
Fake Kashrus
Long before candidate Donald Trump ever uttered the phrase “fake news,” some of us in the Jewish world involved with media were well acquainted with the concept. From The New York Times’ description at...
Envy Isn’t Jewish
The Western Wall in Jerusalem could (and should) be a place of Jewish unity; instead, it has become for some a target of envy. How much more good would these American leaders do, were they to not increase jealousy but reduce it?
Window on the Warped
Interested in making a quick $14.88? Well, you might want to consider writing a racist or anti-Semitic article and submitting it to “The Daily Stormer,” one of the more famous neo-Nazi websites that sprout...
The Tragedy Of The Liberal Jewish Response To Rubashkin’s Release
An article of mine about the negative reactions of some in the Jewish community to the release of Sholom Rubashkin and the celebrations thereof, can be read here.
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