Communicated: TefillaChillul Tefila Bifarhesia, as well as halachicly challenged verbiage and dress, are external manifestations of a critical lack of personal yiras shomayim which has lethal consequences.
Posted on: January 19th, 2012
InDepth → Op-EdsConsider the absurdity of the following statement: “I know an Orthodox Jew who works on Shabbat, eats pork regularly, never wears tefillin or prays or learns Torah, is unfaithful to his spouse, walks bare-headed in public, and eats on Yom Kippur.”
Thoughts On Bridging The Great Jewish Divide
Posted on: January 19th, 2012
InDepth → Op-EdsWe recently observed the 10th of Teves, which, historically, represents the beginning of the siege of Yerushalayim by Nebuchadnezzar. It was this siege that began a string of calamities that resulted in the destruction of the first Beis HaMikdash.
Threatening Shadows Over Egypt
Posted on: January 19th, 2012
InDepth → Op-EdsThe Muslim Brotherhood did not initiate the current upheavals in the Middle East, but the Islamist parties in Egypt, as in Tunisia and Libya, have been the chief beneficiaries of the collapse of longstanding authoritarian repressive regimes across North Africa.
Posted on: January 18th, 2012
InDepth → Op-EdsThere is a sweetness like no other when people who have been friends for more than sixty years have a chance to get together for a couple of hours and just schmooze and catch up on life.
Building Bridges to Save a City and a Nation
Posted on: January 16th, 2012
InDepth → Op-EdsNow, because of our efforts, the police have committed to arrest anyone who merely screams at a girl. Success for our present! The national government now wants to work with us to build future neighborhoods for all populations. Success for our future!
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Letter to a Progressive Friend
Posted on: January 12th, 2012
InDepth → Op-EdsThe hoax in question has been developed over the past 40 years or so and is calibrated to be effective on people like you. Its objective is to make you believe that in a particular context, black is white, evil is good, lies are truth and genocide is justice.
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Posted on: January 11th, 2012
InDepth → Op-EdsHey Yankel, how are you doing? Thanks for the pics you sent me. You and your son really look well fed and robust. However, since you asked me how I am doing, I have no choice but to be honest.
Posted on: January 11th, 2012
InDepth → Op-EdsWhen the disproportion of terrorist acts committed by Muslims – and the resulting hordes cheering the carnage on the Arab street – lead clear-minded observers to conclude that jihadism is the dominant strain in the Islamic world, we are accused of painting with an unfairly broad brush, discounting the silent (and invisible) majority of Muslims who oppose violence and crave peace.
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Posted on: January 11th, 2012
InDepth → Op-EdsIt will take a major change of mindset in the religious world before we are able to face down the extremists and not merely be silent in the face of such desecration of the Torah and God’s holy name.
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Posted on: January 11th, 2012
InDepth → Op-EdsThere was a time when no one living in Israel needed a reminder of what was at stake when the Jewish state was created in 1948 in the aftermath of World War II and the Nazi Holocaust.
Time For The Dutch To Finally ‘Fess Up
Posted on: January 11th, 2012
InDepth → Op-EdsA new poll finds that two-thirds of the Dutch people are opposed to their prime minister apologizing to the Jewish community for the misconduct of the wartime government in exile in London.
Posted on: January 11th, 2012
Sections → Family“One night before I went to sleep I spoke to G-d and asked him out loud the following request: “Please – give me one hug from Dvir so that I will know that it was not all in vain.”
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Is Change Finally Coming to the Mount of Olives?
Posted on: January 9th, 2012
InDepth → Op-Eds“I believe that there are still 60,000 more graves that have to be rehabilitated,” he says. If he is correct, it would mean that the Jordanians destroyed 75,000 graves, a number impossible to imagine and probably unprecedented in history, including the Nazi period.
Raising More Tolerant Children
Posted on: January 4th, 2012
InDepth → Op-EdsAll responsible leaders in our community have roundly condemned the recent violence in Beit Shemesh and Meah Shearim.
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InDepth → Op-EdsI have always been proud of the Jewish people, even when I wasn’t Jewish. I’m a convert. I looked up to the Jews, to their strength in times of trial, to their faith when giving up all hope would have been more practical.
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The Truth About Women In Israel
Posted on: January 4th, 2012
InDepth → Op-EdsSo Hillary Clinton thinks Israel does not treat its women nicely or respectfully enough. This is the same Hillary Clinton who never had much to say about the treatment of women in the Clinton White House.
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Treat News Manipulators As Journalists?
Posted on: January 4th, 2012
InDepth → Op-EdsShould Israel treat pro-Palestinian news manipulators as if they were serious journalists?
Posted on: January 4th, 2012
InDepth → Op-EdsIn recent months a new theme has replaced the media’s past obsession with Israel’s alleged mistreatment of the Palestinians.
Being Good Neighbors to Syria’s Opposition
Posted on: January 4th, 2012
InDepth → Op-Eds“Most Syrians see Assad as a greater enemy than Israel. Israel treats Arabs much better than Assad, especially in jail – they do not torture and mutilate like Assad does."
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Why Hamas Wants To Join the PLO
Posted on: December 29th, 2011
InDepth → Columns → Khaled Abu ToamehThose who think that Abbas's invitation to Hamas to join the PLO is a positive step for the peace process are deluding themselves.
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