Yisrael Valis: And the Case Comes A-Tumblin’ Down
The case against Yisrael Valis is “crumbling,” and the prosecution seems likely to ask to close the case. As reported in B’Sheva by Ya’ir Shapira, legal affairs columnist: On the eve of the Ninth...
The Haredi World Pitches In
The Israeli government has basically abdicated responsibility for the hundreds of thousands of refugees from northern Israel and left it to private relief organizations to deal with their needs. The haredi community, with its...
An Unacceptable Cease Fire Proposal
News reports claim that Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is going to recommend that the cabinet accept the cease-fire to be voted upon by the UN Security Council tonight. If so, this is a betrayal...
About Them O’s
In 1970, a high school senior in Baltimore wrote a letter to an Agudath Israel of America publication, taking umbrage at the periodical’s reference to the scope of the American Jewish experience “from Borough...
Two Emissaries from Israel
Two visitors from Israel, both representing organizations not mentioned by Jonathan Rosenblum, knocked on my door last night. This is not because Rabbi Rosenblum neglected these organizations or did lousy research, but because the...
Some Chareidi Efforts on Behalf of Israel’s War Refugees
Accomodations/Housing • Rabbi Yitzchak Dovid Grossman’s Migdal Ohr organization has arranged summer camps for about 7,000 people in 22locations. The attendees are staying on school campuses with dormitories. The camps were originally intended to...
Thank Hashem for Bush and Blair
Our Sages tell us that HaKadosh Baruch Hu sets in place the cure prior to the blow. The story of Purim, in which Esther was ensconced on her throne before Haman could set into...
Looks Bad for Lieberman
It looks like Joe Lieberman will be defeated in the primary today. He’s fighting a political neophyte with a lot of money and one issue: opposition to the Iraq war. Democrats would like to...
The End of European Jewry
Unless the unexpected happens, the time has come for Europe’s remaining Jewish communities to pack up and call it quits. Norway’s leading daily published an op-ed by Jostein Gaarder, one of Europe’s most celebrated...
Trading Up… for Charity!
Here’s an interesting idea to share with you, based upon a number of anniversaries — and the adventures of a broke Canadian. First of all, August 1 was the first anniversary of the release...