Looking Ahead:
Okay – so here’s the idea – Every year, the excellent bloggers at National Review Online’s “The Corner” issue predictions for the year to come. At the end of the year, their predictions are...
Friends and Enemies
Jonathan sends me a cautionary note; but it is a “reminder” of something that I have never forgotten. I only mention this fascinating item as a reminder to those like myself and my friend...
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 Israel�s Chief Rabbis urging them to condemn the phenomenon of yeshiva students in Jerusalem�s Old City attacking Christians....
On Hillel Halkin’s “Who will support Israel’s Orthodox?”
Some readers of this site may have caught Hillel Halkin�s piece in last week�s 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. I�m glad I finally said it. I�ve been wanting to say it for weeks, and didn�t 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,...