The Monster on Muslims’ Backs
The third time proved the charm. President Trump’s travel ban received the hechsher of the highest court in the land. As well it should have. True, in the years since 9/11, no one in...
Three Weeks Shiur
Entitled “A 17th of Tammuz Cholent,” it was, as the name implies, a little bit of this, and a little big of that. I think it was supposed to keep people awake in the...
Orthodox Kids Don’t Need Your Pity
An article I wrote for Haaretz, which was published earlier this week, about attacks on some Chassidic yeshivos for the limitations of their secular studies programs, can be read here. If you don’t subscribe...
Immigration, Meet Balak
Everything that happens is alluded to in the weekly parshah, right? Sometimes it is just a little more difficult to see how. Not this week. Immigration policy is front and center. Am I being...
Us, Them and the Deep State
Hamodia opted to not publish my column submission for this week, but I share it here. The two thirds of the American populace that objected to the policy of removing children from their illegal...
“To Heal the World?” The Tikkun Olam Distortion
(This article first appeared in Arutz Sheva.) Jonathan Neumann’s To Heal the World? is nothing short of a lethal indictment – actually a conviction – of the leadership of liberal Judaism, documenting the gross...
Response to a Reader
An anonymous reader submitted this: What was the point of this article? If it was to demonstrate the high moral ground of Rabbi Adlerstein, it succeeded admirably, and we can view this article as...
Ranking Ranked-Choice
Your four-man chaburah is making a siyum and you’re ordering a large pizza. The eatery offers toppings but only on the entire pizza. You like onions and are sort of okay with peppers, but...
Tongues, Cheeks, and Other Facial Anatomy
In Bnei Brak, at least, women have faces. The evidence is out there, in plain view. What do we make of this scandalous display? Read on. It is only partially tongue in cheek. An...
Speaking to the Other: Recent Bad and Good Examples on Fox and in Mishpacha
The recent Fox News three-part series on NY hasidim did little to endear Jews to our fellow citizens – not Satmar (and it could have been any of several other groups without changing the...