IRAC by the Numbers
In a recent post, I asserted that IRAC — the Israel Religious Action Center, affiliated with the Reform movement — was spending its money fighting Orthodox Judaism, and failing to provide a full and...
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The Internet and the Orthodox Teen
Yesterday evening, Baltimore was host to a sober and honest analysis of the risks posed by new technology for teenagers, especially Orthodox ones. And to give away the plot, the conclusion was that the...
A Different Path For Women’s Torah Learning
They mourned when Shira Smiles traded the hills of Hollywood for the heights of Ramat Beit Shemesh, leaving behind a small army of ardent followers. They kept up the connection through a regular video...
We’re All Rescued Miners
The regularity with which we are granted new life each day dulls us, regrettably, to the indescribable import of the fact.
I Am A Wall
by Sara Yoheved Rigler I sat in the car, parked at the end of the trail, nervously waiting for my children. We usually did family hikes, but the Yehudiya, Israel’s most popular hike, is...
Wrong Team on the Wrong Field
Another confrontation is brewing, as Israel’s Education Minister intends to reduce funding to schools which do not teach a “core curriculum” — including Charedi schools, despite recent tests in which Charedi students demonstrated superior...
A Great, Tragic Divide
There is a rather large difference, it shouldn’t need to be said, between censorship and standards.
Modern Orthodoxy at a Crossroads
Modern Orthodoxy’s leadership may be at a do-or-die moment in dealing with the recent serial challenges from the Far Left. How it acts – or chooses not to act – will determine whether it...
Shoot First, Ask Questions Never
The following statement barely needs comment. Blogs operate without such outdated concepts as fact-checking and seeking comment from both sides… and statements such as this one are the inevitable if sad result: Statement of...
Valuing Values
With the summer came yet another judicial salvo aimed at the idea that certain values rooted in religious tradition are rightfully reflected in secular law.
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