Interview on Open Orthodoxy
The Israel Broadcasting Authority wanted both sides of the Open Orthodox story. This was the “other side.”
The Shabbos Blizzard – Holding Down the Urban Fort
As I trod for several blocks through a few feet of snow and over waist-high snow banks, heading to Shacharis and then again to Maariv at K’hal Adath Jeshurun (KAJ/”Breuer’s”) in the face of a fierce...
Parshas Yisro – Messaging Tips from Heaven
Contemporary society does an absolutely awful job at communicating. Despite possession of the most advanced communication tools ever known, modern man would earn an F in Interpersonal Communication 1.0, were there to be such a course...
Illogical Leadership
“Because you were convincing me,” was the woman’s straightforward reply. Her questioner was my rebbe, Rav Yaakov Weinberg, zt”l, then the Rosh Yeshivah of Yeshivas Ner Yisrael in Baltimore. He had asked the lady,...
Weekly Digest – News and Essays In and Out of Orthodoxy – Week of Parshas Beshalach 5776
Judaism: On the Torah article found in Rabbi Eitam’s Hy”d computer Palestinian suspected of killing Israeli mother detained – “Israel says the violence is the result of a Palestinian campaign of lies and incitement. The...
The Abuse of History
Efraim Zuroff and I have crossed swords in public debate and print more times than I care to remember. The man harbors an astounding animus for chareidi Jews. That animus came bumbling to the...
One More Kiddush HaShem, One Less Anti-Orthodox
A 19-year-old Belzer Yeshiva student returned 130,000 Shekels (nearly $33,000) found in a bag at a bus stop. Now one “anti-Charedi” no longer is.
A Crying Shame
Readers of a certain age will likely recognize the name Edmund Muskie. He was a candidate for the Democratic Party nomination for President back in 1972. There were several reasons why the candidacy of...
Black Americans and Israel
In an atmosphere of growing racial tension and facing up to pockets of racism within our own community, it is great to see some people doing something about both problems. No strangers to creating...
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