Fine Fiction at Yediot
From the Yediot Achronot, we learn that “We yeshiva students barely study.” According to their report, an unidentified kollel student showed up in their offices and proceeded to spend an hour or two ragging...
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IRAC by the Numbers
In a recent post, I asserted that IRAC — the Israel Religious Action Center, affiliated with the Reform movement — was spending its money fighting Orthodox Judaism, and failing to provide a full and...
Not Your Average Mirrer
The signs in Meah Shearim, in both Hebrew and English, gave away the fact that there was a story here. The aron of “Rabbi Theodore Lewis (Uncle Teddy)” was being brought home. He was...
Yechezkel’s Kever
Unless you are on active duty with the United States military in Iraq, this fascinating video is the closest you are going to get for a while to the inside of Yechezkel’s tomb, venerated...
Wrong Team on the Wrong Field
Another confrontation is brewing, as Israel’s Education Minister intends to reduce funding to schools which do not teach a “core curriculum” — including Charedi schools, despite recent tests in which Charedi students demonstrated superior...
Oh, Say Can You Sing
“In 1926, Lord Plumer was appointed as the second High Commissioner of Palestine. The Arabs within the Mandate were infuriated when Plumer stood up for the Zionists’ national anthem Hatikva during ceremonies held in...
The Miners: A Day to Remember
The legend on the shirt of the miner captured much of the mood of an extraordinary day. It comes from Tehillim 95:4. “In His hand are the plumbed depths of the earth; the heights...
What R. Samson Raphael Hirsch Would Say About Comboxes
Like most blogs, we allow anonymous comments. Recognizing their necessity doesn’t mean that we have to like them. Those who strongly hate them will find the following snippet refreshing. It is part of the...
A Shofar From a Different Day
If you haven’t seen it yet, treat yourself to a few minutes viewing this very poignant YouTube video about the intrepid young people who risked much to sound the Shofar at the Kotel at...
The Specialness of Jewish History
Who wrote these lines? A philo-semitic commentator? A spokesman for the Christian right? I don’t think anyone has been slandered more than the Jews. I would say much more than the Muslims. They have...
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