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.
How Many Israelis Should Have Died For ‘Proportionality’?
Posted on: January 7th, 2009
InDepth → Op-EdsNo sooner had Israel launched its offensive against Hamas than the moral arbiters of acceptable behavior were condemning the Jewish state for its perceived abuses in executing its national self-defense.
Don’t Blame All Of Israel’s PR Problems On Anti-Semitism
Posted on: January 7th, 2009
InDepth → Op-EdsLike many others, I spent a lot of time this past week agonizing about Israel’s public-relations battles and image problems. And I remain extremely worried.
The War Against Terror That No One Protested
Posted on: January 7th, 2009
InDepth → Op-EdsThe jets bombed the daylights out of them. The ground forces invaded. At long last the murderous suicide-bombing terrorists were being suppressed in a military campaign.
Judaism’s Unique Impact On America’s Constitution
Posted on: December 31st, 2008
InDepth → Op-EdsHow many times have you heard it said that the American system of government stems from Judeo-Christian principles? The truth is that the United States Constitution is almost entirely rooted in the Judaic tradition. The government envisioned in the Constitution is structured on a foundation laid more than three millennia ago.
Ten Commandments That Must Be Broken
Posted on: December 31st, 2008
InDepth → Op-EdsIn passing Resolution 1850 on December 19, 2008, the United Nations Security Council solemnly noted that “lasting peace can only be based on an enduring commitment to mutual recognition, freedom from violence, incitement and terror and the two-State solution….”
Posted on: December 31st, 2008
InDepth → Op-EdsRav Pam, zt”l, said the best antidote to divorce is a good marriage. Unfortunately, there is no denying that divorce has become considerably more of a problem than historically was the case in our communities. Thankfully, the phenomenon is receiving some much-needed attention.
Posted on: December 10th, 2008
InDepth → Op-EdsEhud Olmert, facing criminal prosecution for corruption, is using his final days in office to subvert Israeli security and impose his own policy notions on the country - notions rejected by the overwhelming majority of Israeli citizens.
Love The Victims, Loathe Their Killers
Posted on: December 3rd, 2008
InDepth → Op-EdsAll terrorism is monstrous, but the murder in India of Rabbi Gavriel and Rivkah Holtzberg stands out for its unspeakable infamy.
Turn Friday Night Into Family Night
Posted on: November 26th, 2008
InDepth → Op-EdsI cannot recall in my lifetime a man elevated to the presidency who was abandoned by his father as a small child.
Posted on: November 19th, 2008
InDepth → Op-EdsLiberal Jews have invented the myth that Judaism is a synonym for the pursuit of "social justice."
A Transcendent American Moment
Posted on: November 12th, 2008
InDepth → Op-EdsNovember 4, 11 p.m., Times Square - Taxis horns are honking, young people are jumping. Barack Obama has just been declared president-elect of the United States.
How To Fix Orthodox Jewish Dating
Posted on: November 5th, 2008
InDepth → Op-EdsThe religious Jewish dating scene is severely broken. In the secular world men and women date by meeting each other at co-ed schools institutions or at events like parties and weekend getaways.
Posted on: October 8th, 2008
InDepth → Op-EdsI grew up in a Modern Orthodox Jewish community in Miami Beach. Nearly all of my childhood friends remain observant.
Posted on: August 27th, 2008
InDepth → Op-EdsLast year I wrote on the need to monitor students who go to Israel for a year of study.
Russia, Georgia, And The Left’s Double Standards
Posted on: August 27th, 2008
InDepth → Op-EdsAs a shrewd and brutal ploy to break up Georgia, Putin's Russia is in the process of inventing a new "nation in need of "self-determination.
When Terrorism Becomes Convenient
Posted on: August 13th, 2008
InDepth → Op-EdsIt hadn't been a full week since a Palestinian Arab went on a bulldozer rampage in the streets of Jerusalem before Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and his cronies used the terror attack to their political advantage.
A Memorable Night Among Israel’s Christian Defenders
Posted on: August 6th, 2008
InDepth → Op-EdsHistorically, we Jews have had few friends in this world. And the more grave our situation, the more scarce those friends seem to be.
Posted on: July 30th, 2008
InDepth → Op-EdsThe cult of the talking snake began in the town of Abonoteichus around the year 150 CE, shortly after the Bar Kochba revolt.
Posted on: July 16th, 2008
InDepth → Op-EdsThere are two characteristics unique to humans in the universe, separating them from the animal kingdom and perhaps also differentiating them from anything in the higher or trans-natural world.
Jews Can Learn Something Important From Barack Obama
Posted on: July 2nd, 2008
InDepth → Op-EdsOne of the mysteries of Jewish history is why Jews find so little pride in their identities and tradition.
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