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The Haredi Civil Right to Not Appreciate Israel
Posted on: April 23rd, 2013
Blogs → Emes Ve-EmunahA 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
Blogs → Emes Ve-EmunahIt 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
Blogs → Emes Ve-EmunahUniversal 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
Blogs → Emes Ve-EmunahThe 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
Blogs → Emes Ve-EmunahThey 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
Blogs → Emes Ve-EmunahWhen 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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Posted on: April 14th, 2013
Blogs → Emes Ve-EmunahPublic protests of the expansion of the Robinson's Arch area for egalitarian prayer would only generate more enmity.
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Posted on: April 11th, 2013
Blogs → Emes Ve-EmunahI 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
Blogs → Emes Ve-EmunahI 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
Blogs → Emes Ve-EmunahBen 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
Blogs → Emes Ve-EmunahDigitally removing women from Holocaust photos dishonors those women and the victims and survivors of the Holocaust.
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Posted on: April 7th, 2013
Blogs → Emes Ve-EmunahAs 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
Blogs → Emes Ve-EmunahRabbi 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
Blogs → Emes Ve-EmunahDivinity 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.
Posted on: April 3rd, 2013
Blogs → Emes Ve-EmunahYeshiva 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
Blogs → Emes Ve-EmunahThe fifth cup is based on a machlokes in the Gemarah.
A Quick Analysis of Obama’s Trip
Posted on: March 24th, 2013
Blogs → Emes Ve-EmunahI think Obama is genuine in his expression of appreciation and even admiration for the Jewish people and the State of Israel.
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Posted on: March 22nd, 2013
Blogs → Emes Ve-EmunahWe were all sitting around Rav Shachter in a circle. And we were all thinking the same thing.
Societal Abandonment of the Bible as a Moral Guide
Posted on: March 21st, 2013
Blogs → Emes Ve-EmunahWho individuals are attracted to is none of our business and shouldn’t influence our encounters with them, but that is different than the normalization of gay sex.
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A Brighter Future for Haredim in Israel
Posted on: March 20th, 2013
Blogs → Emes Ve-EmunahThere is no reason why Haredim should continue to be the single biggest and fastest growing welfare demographic in all of Israel.
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