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...
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...
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.
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...
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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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.
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...
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...
I am dismayed by the actions of a few of our fellow RIETS musmachim. Our chaveirim founded Open Orthodoxy and are ordaining women, defending the questioning of Torah MiSinai and mocking rabbinic traditionalists. What in the world is going on?
