Intellectual Terrorism
With the exception of replying to a few Times of Israel blog articles, I have not written much lately about the issues of the day. The main reason for this is total lack of...
When New York State Last Tried to Shut Yeshivos
Our own Dr. Marvin Schick has published an article that should be read by all Orthodox Jews, all consumers of parochial education of all faiths, and all Americans who are suspicious of government designs...
Of Slums and Slobodka
[PHOTO; Ner Israel Rabbinical College] When my father, a”h, underwent surgery several years ago at Johns Hopkins Hospital in downtown Baltimore, I spent several nights in a nearby apartment, courtesy of a wonderful chessed...
Women of the Tents — Women Who Truly Achieve
In Women in tents (and maybe in pictures), Mrs. Sarah C. Rudolph critiques my recent blog post reply to Mrs. Shoshanna Keats Jaskoll’s The Rotten State of Orthodoxy. Here is my response to Mrs....
The Real Truth about the Anti-Vaxx Orthodox — A Reply to Dr. Jonathan Frankel
I was a bit surprised to read an Orthodox doctor’s assessment and recommendation for the Orthodox community regarding vaccinations, in Times of Israel. Here is my response, posted in Times of Israel as well....
Mass Shootings, Neil DeGrasse Tyson, and Tisha B’Av
Neil DeGrasse Tyson’s ill-timed tweet proved again that not everything that is thought should be said, and not everything that is said should be published/tweeted. Tyson thought he was being helpful when he pointed...
Scrutinizing the Squad
President Trump’s singling out of four progressive freshman Congresswomen – Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts and Rashida Tlaib of Michigan – for strong criticism resonated strongly...
Focusing Only on the Bad — Orthodoxy Is Not in a Rotten State
Shoshana Keats Jaskoll’s Times of Israel blog post, The rotten state of Orthodoxy, has gone viral. I felt that it really demanded a response, and here it is. As with other cross-posted articles, all...
Caution: Untruths Ahead
Award-winning investigative reporter Michael Isikoff recently released an in-depth report on the origins of the theory that the July, 2016, murder of Democratic National Committee staffer Seth Rich was a political assassination. In the...
Why Orthodoxy needs both — OU congregations and Young Israel shuls
Having been a rabbi at shuls with non-observant Presidents, I know first-hand the night-and-day difference behind the scenes when the Shul President is Torah-observant.