COJs, not OTDs, may be our bigger problem
An article I wrote about “Cultural Orthodox Jews” in the Forward can be read here.
Category: Judaism
The Anti-Eyal, Naftali, and Gil-ad
The mind reels from trying to wrap itself around the fact that fellow Jews could not only have murdered an innocent Arab teenager, but done so by sadistically setting him on fire. But there...
Some Jewish Thoughts on Understanding Hobby Lobby: Religious Freedom Did Not Really Win or Lose
by Michael Broyde Introduction The Supreme Court has spoken again on the place of religion: last week the Supreme Court decided (5-4) that closely held private corporations as well as individuals are not bound...
ונגש הכהן ודבר על העם
Read with pride the letter of Colonel Ofer Winter, Commander of the storied Givati Brigade, sent to his troops as they massed near Gaza, poised to enter. [Hat-tip to Harvey Tannenbaum, Efrat]
The Holy Jews of Yerushalayim
by Asher Brander We have rented their upstairs apartment and they are our super-gracious hosts. He is a pashute baalabos (a simple working man) – the gabbai of a swift and small shul that...
Gratitude and Fortitude — Agudath Israel Statement
As enemy missiles continue to rain on Jewish communities in Eretz Yisroel, and many are intercepted by the Iron Dome anti-missile system, it is incumbent on all Jews to feel hakaras hatov, “recognition of...
Thoughts From the Emotional Maelstrom
The past weeks have not been easy, to put it mildly. I cannot recall a similar period in which HKBH placed us on a fast-moving roller-coaster, carrying us to and from such emotional peaks...
Hamas Terrorism in 140 Chars
Aiming missiles at my daughter is a symptom of nothing but the desire to murder Jews. #Israel #Hamas #Gaza — Rabbi Yaakov Menken (@ymenken) July 8, 2014
If Only
To re-read Rachel Fraenkel’s words in a New York Times report that appeared mere hours before the discovery that her son Naftali and his two friends, Hashem yinkom damam, had been murdered is to...
“No Haredim Enlisting Anymore”
Yair Lapid can provide actions in support of unity, not just words, by working with the Haredi community instead of against it.
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