Posted on: May 26th, 2013

Just as the IRS targeted conservative groups, according a report, a leaked document states that Israel's Economic Affairs Ministry is targeting Haredi businesses and Yeshivos.

Posted on: May 23rd, 2013

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

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Posted on: May 22nd, 2013

If ritual observance is voluntary and all that counts is ethos, why not just drop the whole charade and just call anyone with an ethical perspective on life a Reform Jew?

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Posted on: May 21st, 2013

There is a new group of zealots who have taken a cue from the price taggers. They refer to themselves as Torah taggers.

Posted on: May 20th, 2013

What is really being gained by continuing to force Haredim to stay in the beis medrash full time via a draft that exempts Haredim?

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Posted on: May 19th, 2013

If Shas does agree to allow a secular core curriculum in their schools, that will put Ashkenazi Haredi leaders between a rock and a hard place.

Posted on: May 16th, 2013

the title rabbi (or its equivalent) is more than about recognition of achievement.

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Posted on: May 13th, 2013

The issue is not our obligation to listen to our rabbinic leaders. It is about whether we should listen to the rabbinic leaders of others.

Posted on: May 12th, 2013

With all the good intention of Israel’s rabbinic leaders, how could they not see that this was going to happen?

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Posted on: May 9th, 2013

What I do not understand is the harshness of his condemnation.

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Posted on: May 8th, 2013

We are a people whose mandate is Torah observance in all matters - between man and God as well as between man and his fellow man.

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Posted on: May 7th, 2013

There is only one word that can explain the over the top reaction by Haredi establishment to this: Paranoia.

Posted on: May 6th, 2013

I must ask, where is the hotline for victims of sex abuse? Or victims of financial fraud? What are the remedies for the victims? Or the sanctions for the perpetrators?

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Posted on: May 5th, 2013

Sexual dysfunction can take various forms for both men and women. If those statistics are right, it is a much bigger problem that I ever thought.

Posted on: May 3rd, 2013

I, of course, have no problem with such a library. But is this what the State of New Jersey had in mind in approving $10 million dollars to Lakewood?

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Posted on: May 1st, 2013

In the spirit of 'elu v’elu' we should just agree to disagree and respect each other’s views and lifestyles as long as they do not impinge on the rights of others.

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Posted on: April 30th, 2013

The record number of kipa-wearing Jews in the new Knesset surely shows that secular Jews do not really hate religious Jews.

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Posted on: April 29th, 2013

For the vast majority of students who truly want the best of both worlds, I would strongly recommend YU over any Ivy League school.

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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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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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