Lessons of a Viral Video
The Orthodox video that went viral last week dispels a lot of stereotypes about the Orthodox world and is frankly inspirational… but you won’t see that in any of the coverage.
Category: Judaism
The Realignment of American Jewry
by Rabbi Dovid Eliezrie If only traditional Judaism would lower its standards, become more open minded, there would be a Jewish renaissance. That is the assertion of Rabbi Yitz Greenberg, in a recent article...
Visitation Rites
The saintly aura that has enveloped Ronald Reagan in the minds of many who consider themselves social conservatives and independent thinkers – and I count myself among them; and I voted for Reagan in...
No, Rabbi Yoffie, That’s Not What I Wrote
I have apparently upset Reform rabbi Eric H. Yoffie, the former president of his movement. In Haaretz, he takes me to task for claiming, in an earlier op-ed in that paper, that Orthodox rabbis...
Speak the Truth, with Conviction
Our enemies speak lies with complete conviction, yet we are afraid to speak the truth with similar conviction. When confronted by strident anti-Semitism in new clothing, we must be brutal in only one respect: we must be brutally honest.
Tikvah Yeshiva Program For Men – Now Accepting Applications
Tikvah for bnei Torah is back for a third year, which we hope will constitute a chazakah. A bein ha-zemanim residence program by application, it is designed for the student with serious yeshiva background...
What I Learned at the Ulmer Institute Inaugural
I have known Rev. Ken Ulmer for some time, and I am not the only Orthodox Jew to have had the privilege. Bishop Ulmer, as he is known, heads up a huge black megachurch...
Modern Orthodoxy Derailed – Time to Return to the Station
The train has derailed, but no one knows why. Far too much time and effort have been invested trying to hoist the railcars back up and onto the tracks, but it is not really...
Weekly Digest – News and Essays In and Out of Orthodoxy – Parshas Emor 5776
Chief Rabbi: Could we sit and study Torah without soldiers? US Religious Zionists Fought in ’48 War Opinion: Yom Hazikaron – Thoughts On The Ultimate Sacrifice The Knock on the Door The Rabbi and...
Ferry Tale
Sitting among other commuters in the cavernous terminal, waiting for the next ferry from Staten Island to Manhattan, I sensed some commotion in my periphery. Looking up from my reading, I saw a 40-ish...
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