Jewish Conservatism and Its Limits
If ever there was a time for American Jewry to consider a course change, it is the present. The current course threatens world Jewry with annihilation and American Jewry with demographic decimation. By their...
Respect for the Dignity of Others
Two weeks ago, I told the story of a father of a close friend who refused to sell a valuable diamond once he found that it was to be set in a wedding ring...
The (Spiritual) Battle of New Orleans
As the naval gunner fired the cannon, his ship immediately began to sink, for he did not grasp that the cannon was aimed downward… Aggressively continuing the homosexual entitlement advocacy of several of his...
Better than the OU?
Food for thought. In an interview in Mishpacha’s current issue, the co-owner of First Choice baby foods tells of his impetus for starting his business: I’m a chassidishe guy – I got married at...
The Spirit of Conservatism
Defining things by what they aren’t is almost always unsatisfying. Negative definitions can be useful in distancing us from what we need to reject, but they don’t tell us much about the alternatives. Applied...
Inform or Incite
Many who recognize the evil that permeates radical Islam likely felt a reflexive satisfaction at the recent ruling of U.S. District Judge John Koeltl that New York City’s Metropolitan Transit Authority cannot reject an...
The Need for RFRA
While Rabbi Shafran outlined so well the failure to protect religious freedom from the gay marriage agenda, the headlines are piling up fast and furious to show us why legislation to protect our rights...
Baltimore Take-Aways
Here in Baltimore, we’re buckling down the hatches and hoping to weather the storm. Unrest is expected in “the Northwest” but no one is quite sure what that means. Schools all dismissed early and...
From the Mother of the Meah Shearim Attack Victim
[Sometimes it is good to hear what it feels like from the people closest to the event. Thanks to Dr Moshe Shoshan for the translation.] It has been a stormy Shabbat for us as...
I, You, and He/She: A Conjugation Lesson
The real losers in the recent Israeli election — in addition to anti-Netanyahu Obama and Herzog— were the Israeli pollsters. The pre-election polls several days before the election (Israeli law wisely does not permit...