Hear Me Out
You probably know that when a person loses some hearing, it can never be recovered. But did you know that 10 million Americans suffer noise-induced hearing loss? Or that exposure to some common sounds,...
The Ultimate Gimmick
Reform and Conservative now propose to lead the charge in Israel. Would anyone follow a general who abjectly surrendered in all major wars, and now insists on leading his troops into yet another battle?
Annual Pesach Shiur
BEH, I will be giving my annual Pesach shiur for women on Wednesday, April 13th at noon, on the third floor of 1399 S Roxbury Dr. Underground parking across the street at the Museum...
No, That Is Not Modern Orthodoxy
Straw men may be useful in politics, but they are not what we seek in religious discourse. That is why Dr. Steven Bayme’s op-ed Modern Orthodoxy is under attack from the right. It’s time to...
Political Posturing at the Western Wall
Women of the Wall plans to show preference to some women over others in a way unsupported by any version of Judaism, doing a “Jewish” ritual supported by no version of Jewish ritual, in imitation of a ceremony that aims to restore Judaism’s doubly undemocratic Holy Temple. And it claims to be doing all this in the name of egalitarianism.
Weekly Digest – News and Essays In and Out of Orthodoxy – Week of Parshas Shemini 5776 – EXPANDED EDITION
Rubashkin case gets new life and RUBASHKIN BOMBSHELL MOTION UNVEILS ‘SMOKING GUN’ “Every Time Netanyahu Showed Flexibility, Obama Made More Demands” – Very insightful Yated interview with Michael Oren Two Sh’or Yoshuv Talmidim Beaten By Thugs in...
A Declining Reform Movement Wants To Reform Israel
A movement which in America touts its commitment to tolerance, pluralism and liberal values, hired as Director of its Israel Religious Action Center a woman who built her political career upon anti-religious bias.
Anti-Semitic Conspiracy Theorists Don’t Stop at Hate Speech
Modern times, intriguingly, provide examples of would-be destroyers of Jews who met their fates in serendipitous, Purim-like ways. An essay of mine about that fact is in Haaretz today, here. A freilechen Purim!
Someone Should Remind the University of California Regents That It’s Purim
The University of California working group on principles against intolerance was right to determine that “Anti-Zionism” is a facade. The anti-Israel movement is the only “humanitarian” cause whose activities lead directly to open bigotry and discrimination.
The Evidence in the Barrel
Back in a previous lifetime, when I was a mesivta rebbe, I once heard a menahel exhort our talmidim to not get carried away on Purim. As an illustration, he described how a certain...