Is the Chief Rabbinate to Blame?

Posted on: April 28th, 2013

In Israel today, how many of our religious leaders instill pride in being Jewish into the secular public?

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The Outreach Revolution

Posted on: April 26th, 2013

Our battles with the Conservative movement are over. They no longer pose a threat to Orthodoxy.

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For the Sake of Keeping the Bris Milah, Give Up Metzitza B’Peh

Posted on: April 25th, 2013

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

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Terrorism and Immigration Reform

Posted on: April 24th, 2013

When it comes to immigration policy, ignoring Islam’s part in this because of a misguided form of political correctness is why things like the Boston bombings happen.

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The Haredi Civil Right to Not Appreciate Israel

Posted on: April 23rd, 2013

A lack of patriotism is not a cause for punitive measures.

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The Dzhokar is Not Wild, It was Jihad

Posted on: April 22nd, 2013

It is Islamism that is the enemy and not al Qaeda. Al Qaida is but one tool of many dedicated to the cause.

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Changing the Paradigm of the Haredi Jew

Posted on: April 21st, 2013

Universal army service will help integrate Haredim into the workplace so that they can earn a livable wage and support their families.

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An Autonomous Haredi State: Having Their Cake and Eating It Too

Posted on: April 18th, 2013

The suggestion is intriguing, self serving and frankly somewhat humorous.

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Protesting the ‘Evil Decree’? Why Not a Counter Rally?

Posted on: April 17th, 2013

They can say all day long that they are not protesting Israel. The fact that they will be out there in the middle of Manhattan talking about 'gezeirot' says otherwise.

Wrapped in Plastic and Hilul HaShem

Posted on: April 15th, 2013

When a Jew who appears to the world as the most religious among us acts like a fool that is a hilul HaShem.

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The Sharansky Option

Posted on: April 14th, 2013

Public protests of the expansion of the Robinson's Arch area for egalitarian prayer would only generate more enmity.

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Solving One Problem, Sort of…

Posted on: April 11th, 2013

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.

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Making Lemonade out of a Cardozo Lemon

Posted on: April 10th, 2013

I agree with Alan Dershowitz that Carter's presence at Carodozo Law School should be used as a positive.

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An Appalling Critique of Gilad Shalit

Posted on: April 9th, 2013

Ben Caspit says the Shalit's kidnapping may have been prevented. That’s easy for him to say. He was not under rocket attack when he made these judgmental comments.

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Photoshopping Women Out of the Holocaust

Posted on: April 8th, 2013

Digitally removing women from Holocaust photos dishonors those women and the victims and survivors of the Holocaust.

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How to Lessen the Hatred

Posted on: April 7th, 2013

As long as rabbinic leaders live in the past and insist on calling the idea of ‘sharing the burden’ a 'shas haShmad,' antagonism toward Haredim will not change.

Another Baby (Almost) Bites the Dust

Posted on: April 5th, 2013

Rabbi Pirutinsky discussed the issue of 'metzizah b'peh' at length, concluding that if medical experts determine that there is a danger to the child, metzizah should be performed by other legitimate methods.

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A Mistaken Plea to Klal Yisrael

Posted on: April 4th, 2013

Divinity exemptions are designed to produce clergy that will serve the populace, not so that every single member of it becomes a member of the clergy.

YU Must Do the Right Thing

Posted on: April 3rd, 2013

Yeshiva University needs to admit that mistakes were made by leaders both past and present.

The Real Reason for the Fifth Cup

Posted on: March 28th, 2013

The fifth cup is based on a machlokes in the Gemarah.