Emes Ve-Emunah

We need both armies of Israel: the spiritual one, the Yeshiva world, and the physical one, the IDF.

OK. The title is a bit extreme. But at least I have your attention. Last May - one will recall – there was a giant Asifa – a gathering of tens of thousands of Orthodox Jews dealing with the dangers of the internet. Although it was billed as a way to properly use the internet, it was ultimately about trashing it and forbidding its use altogether accept for livelihood purposes. And even then - only with filters and only outside the house.

I don’t know what it is that turns good people into crooks.

If one looks at the range of tuition one would have to pay per child, one might get sticker shock. It doesn’t take a genius in math to multiply those figures by 5, or more, children.

Those who carry the herpes virus cannot always tell when it is present in the mouth.

Imperative to get world's Jewish billionaires to support Jewish education like their other projects

{Originally posted to author's website, Emes Ve-Emunah} So now there is DNA testing. This is the point made in a Yated article (republished in Maztav)...

Rabbi Eric H. Yoffie, the former president of the Union of Reform Judaism, has argued that the reform movement should look to Orthodox Judaism for guidance. Harry Maryles argues that this provides an important kiruv opportunity.

There are many Halachic reasons to disqualify a witness. Owning an iPhone is not one of them.

Bright young minds will have questions. The most logical place to see answers is from your parents or teachers. But when questions are explicitly or implicitly forbidden, these very same young people will seek answers elsewhere. The easiest place to find them is the internet. Ban, no matter how strong they are, no matter how enforced they are will not prevent a young person from somehow finding access. And that’s when the slippery slope begins.

Lapid is a patriot who is both honest and who has a clear vision for the future. A vision that is inclusive of all!

I would have been much happier if had chosen her on the basis of her qualifications, judicial temperament, and pristine character. Which she clearly has in spades.

Incorporating ideologies that contradict Jewish norms is not the way to conserve Judaism, bor restore Modern Orthodoxy.

Among the many things Judaism can do for you is to give meaning to your life.

I happen to know Gedolei Torah and Roshei Yeshiva who use I-phones and the internet. Are they all doomed?

"Shuls that are full on Friday night were fuller than normal, looking more like Yom Kippur"

They can say it is only the hooligans and that every society has hooligans. I don't believe them.

The CBD has still stood its ground because there are teachers on staff that knew and did nothing.

The rally tells me that the recent anti-Semitism in France isn't representative of mainstream France

Often wig wearers become more attractive after marriage. Doesn't this turn the intent on its head?

No Charedi leader has suggested a change that would make a difference to a failing paradigm

For me, Conservative Judaism is not the answer to the future of Judaism.

Why do committed Liberal Orthodox Jews have more of a propensity to be less observant? I believe they generally see values other than those of Torah overriding traditional Torah based ones - whenever they conflict

Eliminating all secular studies is taking "Talmud Torah k’neged kulom" to an absurd extreme.

Rabbi Avigdor Miller did not want to publish this work during his lifetime. He felt that so soon after the Holocaust it would upset survivors

There was an obvious appearance of prejudice – even if there wasn’t any in actuality.

I personally see no problem with what Satmar did. They lobbied for the land and they got it. Black and Latino leaders could have done the same.

Calling the Jewish Press‘closest thing to a frum English-language weekly’ insults the publication

A Rosh Yeshiva guessed 60% of bochurim in Israel's yeshiva system belong there only 3-4 yrs post HS

According to Rav Meir Porush, it is better for Yeshiva students to sit in jail than to serve their country.