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Will an Apology be Forthcoming?

Only rarely does history provide an unambiguous answer to hotly debated issues of policy. Hitler’s invasion of Poland in 1939, for instance, was a complete rebuttal to British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain’s boast at...

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Haredim for rent?

8th day of Hanuka An article of mine titled “Talking about, but without, the ultra-Orthodox” appears today Jan. 2 in the Jerusalem Post. It is a critical piece on the conference this week on...

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Upgrading

We just installed WordPress 2.0. Of course there are a few kinks that we need to work out, but thus far it looks good. Perhaps the best new feature is the inclusion of built-in...

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Where To, Jewish Music?

For centuries, Jewish communities have adopted the music of the surrounding culture and made it their own. Some popular Shabbos zemiros are reported to have their musical origins in Russian or German taverns, and...

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Are Checkpoints Moral?

From David Bernstein at the well-known Volokh Conspiracy blog: Next time you hear someone criticizing Israel’s “checkpoints” for Palestinians, think about this: a surprise checkpoint set up Thursday prevented an Islamic Jihad terrorist from...

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Someone Figured It Out

After so many articles in the Jewish media praising the latest fad, it is a relief to read one like “Pop Goes The Hipster Judaism Bubble” from The Jewish Week. “There’s something really appealing...

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The Sisson Memo, Reprise

I know that we’ve talked about Intelligent Design quite a bit already, but I think it worthwhile to reference the memo from Ed Sisson posted by Rabbi Adlerstein back in June before leaving the...

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The Hidden Costs of Poverty

Though the economic crisis of the chareidi community in Israel is much discussed subject, that discussion typically focuses on the threat to our yeshivos or trumpeting the percentage of children under the poverty line...

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You Said What!

Having been trained to question premises and to challenge conventional wisdoms, I am often perplexed by seemingly intelligent and intellectually honest individuals who respond to another’s view with an intolerance reflecting not merely disagreement,...

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BS”D

I seldom disagree with Gil Student, whose Hirhurim is the only other blog I routinely look at. I don’t share his misgivings about the widespread use of a Hebrew legend invoking Hashem’s assistance –...

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