Reflections on the Shabbos Rally
With Baltimore’s Shabbos Rally now a week behind us, I’m a bit overdue on posting about it… but better late than never. I think it is important that this rally/demonstration be discussed far beyond...
Category: Judaism
Susan Boyle
Reports have it that she did it again, turning in another magnificent performance on Britain’s Got Talent. Boyle is the kind of frumpy looking 47 year old with unkempt hair who elicited snickers from...
How I Spent My Shavuot
Entering the study-hall, some holy energy seems to seize me, and, even as my mind and body increasingly rebel against the deprivation of slumber, my soul jumps for joy.
Election Night Breakage
Tuesday, at about 11 PM, I walked into a gathering of the hopeful, awaiting the results of a special statewide election. I’m not terribly involved with the political process – my day job leaves...
Words of Peace, Words of Truth Part One: Rabbi Lamm Takes Off His Gloves
One of the first times that I heard Rabbi Norman Lamm speak, he held forth on two different ways that Megilas Esther could be read: as a happy set of coincidences that unseated one...
The Day That Satmar Became Mainstream
A critical caveat: Nothing in this submission should be taken as criticism of the Satmar position vis-a-vis Zionism and/or the State of Israel. I have no pretensions of being worthy of critiquing what is...
Election Result
Jewish chosen-ness, from the Jewish perspective, entails no disparagement of others. It is not a license but a responsibility.
The G-d Hater Within Us
Harsh title, I know. But if Sefiras HaOmer has been designated a time to learn from what happened to the 12,000 pairs of students of Rabbi Akiva, I think we would be remiss in...
The Israeli Health Ministry and the Rehabilitation of Daniel Chwolson
[thanks to Rabbi Dr. David Fox, LA, for the lead] The story has been told for well over a century. The Israeli Health Ministry just added a new twist to it. Daniel Abramovich Chwolson...
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