Be Alarmed
Back in 2007, at just about this exact time of year, a priest in the Netherlands city of Tilburg was fined the equivalent of several thousand dollars for ringing his church’s bells early each...
Category: Judaism
Effacing Women
Could be that I have used the verb in an improper manner. But it can’t be even remotely as improper as the phenomenon itself. I haven’t seen any really good treatments of the hugely...
Free-Market Judaism and Conversion Standards: A Response to Dr. Shuki Friedman
“We should seriously consider eliminating municipal police departments and increasing the issuance of gun permits to
Our Religion Guides our Moral Compass
A Response to R’ Ysoscher Katz by Shmuel Winiarz Call it a neighborhood nuisance. Living in Riverdale for the past several years, I have been exposed to the “Open Orthodox” movement’s personalities, views and...
Rodfei Shalom Attacked… and the Response
“Good will overpower evil, and of course, love will overpower hatred.” — Rav Aryeh Scheinberg “If a line has to be drawn, draw it around Christians and Jews; We are United.” — Pastor John...
The Psychotic Stabber
Not that this should surprise anyone, but we now know that Yishai Schlissel was diagnosed with serious mental issues, was hospitalized for over a month — and was released from prison, three weeks before...
The Jerusalem “Pride Parade” and the Beruriah Doctrine
“May sinners (חטאים) be eradicated from the earth…” (Tehillim/Psalms 104:35). Beruriah, the erudite wife of the Talmudic sage Rebbe Meir, exposited the verse to convey not that sinners, but that sins, be eradicated. (Berachos...
Some Thoughts on the Post-Stabbings Ortho-Bashing
The Forward has published a column I wrote in response to two earlier ones in that periodical that blamed Orthodox Jews and teachings for the terrible crime in Yerushalayim last week. It can be...
J’Accuse. You Have Hurt Me, Lisa
Lisa, I am very disappointed and personally hurt by your words directed against me. You and I have communicated before. We are in agreement on many issues, and have always been amicable with regards...
Lion Hunting and Torah Teachings
Although we are now occupied with far weightier issues than a recent illegal lion hunt – issues such as the threat of a nuclear-armed Iran, and acts of killing and assault by deranged/incredibly misguided zealots, along...
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