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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Like the Face of a Dog
R’ Yisroel Salanter described modern politics quite accurately when he explained the Mishnah’s cryptic statement that “the face of the generation will be like the face of the dog.” Sadly, he described modern religion, too.
From the Mouths of Mexicans
I’ll call him Pedro; maybe it’s even his name. He seems to be a custodian of some sort for a shul – though I have no idea where it might be. He wears a...
ISO – A Request From Jewish Action Magazine
Bayla Sheva Brenner, Senior Writer at the OU’s Jewish Action Magazine (full disclosure: I’m on the editorial board) asked us to publicize this request. Here is your chance to get carried around to supermarkets...