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Competing Nightmares

previously published in The Jerusalem Post July 15, 2005 The debate over the Gaza withdrawal has become one of competing nightmares. Opponents fear, along with recently retired Chief of Staff Boogie Yaalon, that the...

A Thought for Parshas Balak

Many years ago, one of the Rabbis teaching through Torah.org was embarrassed to realize he had sent out a weekly message concerning the Torah Reading for Parshas Bila’am. It was a very understandable slip,...

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Trauma Ahead

Published in Mishpacha Magazine, July 14, 2005 The impending removal of 8,000 Jews from the Gaza Strip constitutes a trauma of unprecedented magnitude for the national religious world in Israel. That trauma is both...

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Notes From the Front

Israel is these days experiencing a major crisis concerning its unilateral withdrawal from Gaza. Below are some impressionistic notes from the field. ORANGE The streets of Jerusalem are ablaze with the color orange –...

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Leviticus

Jonathan Rosenblum wrote: “I have been thinking for some time about how to fashion an argument against the “Gay Parade” in Jerusalem (and elsewhere) that would resonate with non-religious people and those who do...

The Kiruv Imperative

While Dr. Schick has just contributed a new article, I think his previous one, about Jewish outreach, warrants further analysis and exploration. To an extent kiruv (Jewish outreach) requires a suspension of reality. This...

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Should We Celebrate?

When the Supreme Court cut the constitutional baby in half and ruled that some Ten Commandment displays are kosher and some are not, the spokesman for the Orthodox Union warmly welcomed the development. Good...

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Legal Rights, Moral Wrongs

Last week’s Forward reported that Washington lobbyist David Saperstein, director of the Reform movement’s Religious Action Center, called on liberal religious and political leaders to launch a campaign to cut in half the number...

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How Do We Measure Up?

There are things you can’t learn from books. You’ve got to learn them from lawyers. Strange as this seems, it is supported by Maharal. At least the first part. Maharal on Avos 2:9 (according...

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A (Daf Yomi) Tale of Two Cities

(Note: For anyone interested in a bit of commentary on the Supreme Court’s Ten Commandments rulings, which haven’t been addressed on this site, see my piece today on Jewish World Review.) Boy, does that...

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