A Different Kind of Shivyon BaNetel
And a different kind of charedi-Tzahal cooperation. Very moving.
Category: Short
Stranded on Torah Island
As we get closer to Shavuos, I thought it might be interesting to see the different ways our readers love Torah. According to some of the machshavah seforim, the mon of the Wilderness contained...
Punishing American Learning in Israel
Besides the legal changes affecting the funding for the Yeshivos, the Religion Ministry under Bennet has a few tricks up its sleeve that we don’t even know about. I just spoke with a Rosh...
Outmaneuvered by Dossim
There’s an organization called “Dossim” in Israel that has been working to counter the anti-charedi bias of Israel’s secular media for over a year. It is how I first met Tzippy Yarom, who did...
The Sounds of Silence
A reader brought to my attention an article on Ynet penned by one Tzipora Gutman entitled “We Haredim Should Stand For Israel’s Fallen Soldiers.” Ms. Gutman, described in the tag line as “the director...
And Now For Something Completely Different
This is worth posting just because of the “conventional wisdom” that the Charedim are an overwhelmingly serious bunch. That, and the guy’s name is Yankel.
Call For Material to Honor R Hershel Schachter
[Editor’s Note: Given the large place that Rav Schachter’s thought has contributed to the discussions on the blog, the request to post the request that follows seems eminently reasonable.] In honor of Rav Schachter’s...
The Second Son
A Pesach-themed piece I penned for the Forward appears here Chag kasher visame’ach to all Cross-Currents readers, and all of Klal Yisrael! AS
For Pre-Pesach Insomniacs
My semi-annual machshava shiur (for women, but suitable for all kinds of chromosomal construction) is available for free download as a .wav file, or here as an mp3.
Best Purim Gragger Ever
Post by 0404. [Very unfortunate update and postscript. Hat tip to Chaim Saiman]
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