Following a Passion for Sports to IsraelIn Israel, a new five month scholarship program being offered to young aspiring athletes – one of them could be you.


Posted on: January 7th, 2013
Blogs → Emes Ve-EmunahModern Orthodox Jews will join the ranks of Moderate Charedim as a socially cohesive group.

Does the Very Air in Israel Make One Wise?
Posted on: January 3rd, 2013
Blogs → Emes Ve-EmunahI don’t know what is in the air in Israel that makes some people think that they are doing the right thing by God in sticking knives into the heads of their opponents.

In Appreciation to My Readers…
Posted on: January 2nd, 2013
Blogs → Emes Ve-EmunahI wish to thank all of my readers for your support in helping to make this blog the success that it is.

Outreach, Inreach and Insularity
Posted on: January 1st, 2013
Blogs → Emes Ve-EmunahInspiring the unaffiliated can be done through inspirational stories or through our own behavior as role models.

Are the Ultra Orthodox Incapable of Seeing God Fearing in National Religious Jews?
Posted on: December 31st, 2012
Blogs → Emes Ve-EmunahA Chareidi rabbi lamented the attempt to denigrate a kiddush hashem preformed by a dati-leumi (national-religious) student.

Tznius Squads: Can This Really be Judaism?
Posted on: December 30th, 2012
Blogs → Emes Ve-EmunahThe extreme emphasis on tznius (modesty) has even led to husbands and wives being buried in separate locations.

Posted on: December 27th, 2012
Blogs → Emes Ve-EmunahThe tragedy that we face today is that everyone thinks they are the sole possessors of the answer.

Posted on: December 25th, 2012
Blogs → Emes Ve-EmunahI believe that the massacre in Newton would never have happened if guns were made illegal.

Religious Pluralism Within Orthodoxy
Posted on: December 24th, 2012
Blogs → Emes Ve-EmunahMy harsh criticism is reserved for extremist behavior that is a result of those Hashkafos – even if it is from my own.

Mr. President, What Are You Thinking?
Posted on: December 23rd, 2012
Blogs → Emes Ve-EmunahHow many times do we have to hear statements like 'the Jews have too much Power' before we realize that the people saying it are anti- Semites?!

Posted on: December 20th, 2012
Blogs → Emes Ve-EmunahA Haredi organization helps Haredim be brought up to speed to meet the challenges of the modern work place.

Posted on: December 19th, 2012
Blogs → Emes Ve-EmunahIf we are going to survive as a Jewish people, we must revise the system.

Posted on: December 18th, 2012
Blogs → Emes Ve-EmunahIt isn’t only important how hard a student studies, but what he studies.

What Is the Biggest Problem Facing Judaism?
Posted on: December 17th, 2012
Blogs → Emes Ve-EmunahMy own view of things is that there is a tremendous amount of disillusionment in the Orthodox world.

Technology, the Move to the Right and The Jewish Press
Posted on: December 11th, 2012
Blogs → Emes Ve-EmunahI hope that the Jewish Press stays the paper of record for Orthodox Jewry. If it were to fold - the loss would be a devastating blow to moderation.

Posted on: December 6th, 2012
Blogs → Emes Ve-EmunahI do not see this as a feminist issue at all. This is a human issue.
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Posted on: December 4th, 2012
Blogs → Emes Ve-EmunahIn every move the Prime Minster has taken since the Presidential election, he has had complete U.S. support. Now Israel has taken a step backward.
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Posted on: December 3rd, 2012
Blogs → Emes Ve-Emunah'Shomer negiah,' the halachic bar on physical contact with the opposite sex, is wrongly treated by many as a Chumra that many do not observe.
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Posted on: November 28th, 2012
Blogs → Emes Ve-EmunahThe facts of the case are so revealing that one would have to be blind, deaf, and dumb to think this man is innocent.
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Equality in Service to One’s Country
Posted on: November 28th, 2012
Blogs → Emes Ve-EmunahAccording to Rav Meir Porush, it is better for Yeshiva students to sit in jail than to serve their country.
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