Do We Want the Conservative Movement to Die?
My latest Jewish Week column (December 24) discusses the mounting troubles faced by the Conservative movement. I noted that Solomon Schechter schools, many of which are experiencing a declining enrollment and some have closed,...
Abe Foxman Rides Again
Abe Foxman is at it again. The publicity-seeking head of the Anti-Defamation League recently wrote to Israels Chief Rabbis urging them to condemn the phenomenon of yeshiva students in Jerusalems Old City attacking Christians....
On Hillel Halkin’s “Who will support Israel’s Orthodox?”
Some readers of this site may have caught Hillel Halkins piece in last weeks New York Sun in which he quoted at length from a letter from a girl named Sarah written soliciting contributions...
Vatican attacks Israel
NOTE: This was a mistranslation, as our blog helped publish. L’Osservatore Romano condemed the fighting Sri Lankans for not setting aside their differences to welcome Israeli help. One remarkable by-product of the horrendous disaster...
PETA: Only the OU’s Approach Was Kosher
The only one who got the PETA thing right was Rabbi Zvi Hirsch Weinreb of the OU. Im glad I finally said it. Ive been wanting to say it for weeks, and didnt have...
The Quality of Ideas
Greg (see Yaakov’s previous post) says: “Overall, this means a net increase in the quality of ideas and dialogue available, but I wonder how long before the censorship and stigmatization common to the traditional,...
Scary Thoughts
Greg, of the Presence blog, found us last week: Via Hirhurim comes Cross-Currents, a new blog featuring some heavyweight Orthodox Jews, in both the rabbinic and political spheres. Things are starting to get interesting....