The Berditchiver in Gaza
I cannot reveal my source. All I can say is that it happened as he patrolled late at night in a Beit Hanoun street abandoned by its residents, walking a few paces ahead of...
Open Orthodoxy and the Rebirth of the Conservative Movement
by Avrohom Gordimer Cross-Currents readership is all too familiar with discussion about Open Orthodoxy; every nook and cranny of Open Orthodoxy could be explored with a critical eye through Cross-Currents’ numerous articles on the...
Something is Wrong With Gazans
The solution to the long and ongoing war between Hamas and Israel is an obvious one, and it consists of two words: Gazan Spring. Everyone knows the facts. Hamas, pledged to Israel’s destruction, is...
Miracles All Around
As I write on Thursday afternoon [July 17] more than 1300 Hamas rockets have been fired at Israel without causing a single fatality. (An Israeli volunteer assisting troops in the South was killed by...
Glad Not to Be Prime Minister Netanyahu
I am convinced that Israel had no choice but to undertake a major ground operation into the Gaza Strip, and that the time has never been so propitious in terms of what can be...
An Inversion of Morality
From day one of its existence, the sole raison d’etre of the Hamas quasi-state in Gaza has been to kill Jews, the more the merrier. Since taking over the Gaza Strip in 2007, Hamas...
What Max Did For Us
by Asher Brander As of last Friday, no soldiers had fallen. Now we have 32 korbanos. Hashem Yerachem In a trip that started out for us with chasunos, we and the whole country are...
How Not To Deal With Allegations of Impropriety
by Shaya Karlinsky We have been witness to an increasing number of depressing revelations about Rabbis acting inappropriately towards women they have been counseling or educating. I have no intention of discussing any specific...
Agudath Israel Statement on Recent Global Anti-Semitism
As Israel applies itself to the task of rooting out terrorists in Gaza, and destroying their tunnels and rocket launchers, there have been, as always when Israel acts to defend herself, condemnations of her...
“Of Public Record” – 2
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