Tag: discussion
YCT, Heterodoxy, and Agudah
It is a fact that heterodoxy is no longer the threat to Orthodoxy it once was – if at all.
The Impressions of an Expert on Pedophilia
The revision of the DSM that omitted homosexuality was not based on research, nor was much else. It was "political" pressure.
Daniel Pipes: Superficiality Reigns Before the Election
It happens every four years, as U.S. presidential elections roll around: I feel like a stranger. That's because news reports blare out what's not of interest: trivial statistics (171,000 jobs added in October; jobless rate up 0.1 percent to 7.9 percent), biographical irrelevancies (claims that Romney outsourced jobs to other countries when at Bain Capital), and forgettable gaffes (Obama saying that "Voting is the best revenge"). This limited discussion misses the main points.
Modern Orthodox Dropouts
There has been a lot of discussion about young people abandoning Mitzvah observance (going off the derech) over the past few years. A lot of that discussion took place here. Indeed it has been declared a crisis by some. The focus of this issue in the religious media has been primarily in the Charedi world. Many theories have emerged as to why children go OTD. Among them: being sexually abused and the negative reactions to it by family and community, dysfunctional family situations, faulty educational environments, teachers unprepared to deal with questions of faith, or being overly sheltered from the world so that rebellion occurs when they are exposed to it unprepared.
Party of Trolls: How Race Dominates U.S. Politics
Poverty is complicated. So are jobs and wars. Race however is simple. There are bad people and there are good people. The oppressed and the oppressors. And that paradigm, that one talking point that they store up and unleash at every occasion is the sum total of their contribution to every debate under the sun.
35 Hours
How in heaven's name does a pedophile who is convicted and registered sex offender get a job delivering milk late at night to a summer-camp full of children? Don't they do background checks?
From Joy of Kosher To Eretz Yisrael
Yishai and Malkah are joined by celebrity Kosher chef Jamie Geller to discuss her organization along with her family's upcoming Aliyah to Israel.
Biden Meets with Arab American Leaders
Vice President Joe Biden discussed Middle East developments with a group of Arab American leaders.
The White House statement did not identify the "thinkers and...
Christiane Amanpour at Yishai’s House
Yishai and Malkah talk about a recent special guest to their home along with Secretary of State HIllary Clinton's trip to Israel.
Nostrums And Clichés
The New York Times greeted the release of the Levy Report with a not unexpected shrill editorial that captured the sentiment of the Arab world, the consensus of international opinion, and the view of not a few Jewish organizations here in the U.S.
Voting in US Elections and Knesset Update
Jewish Press Columnist, Yishai Fleisher, is joined by Knesset insider Jeremy Man Saltan to discuss the current situation in the Knesset along with a discussion talking about Jewish Americans living in Israel voting in US elections.
Germany and the Levy Report
Yishai and Malkah further discuss Germany's ban on ritual circumcision along with discuss the Levy Report.
Knesset Committee Ejects Top Reform Clergyman from Meeting
The head of the Reform movement in Israel was ejected from a discussion on state funding for non-Orthodox rabbis Tuesday.
Gilad Kariv, a Reform rabbi...
Jewish Press Radio with Yishai Fleisher: Knesset Update
Yishai and MK Dr. Aryeh Eldad discuss Eldad's Hatikva Party and Jordan's role in a solution in the Middle East.
The Times Gang Tackles Romney
The New York Times has now confirmed that it is once again in the tank for President Obama even as it was for candidate Obama four years ago. Over a period of four days beginning last Thursday, it unleashed an astounding four articles and an editorial slamming any discussion by Romney supporters of Mr. Obama’s two decade-long attendance at a church led by a virulent anti-white, anti-American minister on the grounds that such discussion raised the race and religion cards.
Surfing the Asifah, Now That’s a Roundup
Every opening to the outside world is a calculated risk. Every time we open a window we chance being shocked by something vile. Every...
Being Gay and Orthodox Gets Really Complicated
Our recent discussions in the Jewish media of gay marriages and the conflict between being a faithful Jew and being gay reminded me of...
Tibbi’s Roundup: Bibi, Terrorist Lady, Rabbis, Parents, Children, and the Stuff In-Between
Our roundup today concludes with parental anxieties, which all of us with and without children share. It reminded me of the joke about a...
Ha’aretz Independence Day Recipes Kosher in English, Traif Galore in Hebrew
If you're an American Jew looking for an Independence Day recipe, Ha'aretz in English is a safe place for you. You'll find there a discussion of the perfect hamburger, as befits the national holiday of outdoors barbecuing. But click over to the same paper's Hebrew language website, and you'll discover an additional component, besides beef: goat cheese.
Shemini – Strange Fire
The commentators discuss the meaning and implications of the “strange fire” brought as an offering by Nadav and Avihu. In his discussion of this perplexing passage, Rabbi Avigdor Miller, zt”l, discusses their early demise and observes that their death served a greater purpose (through the sadness that ensued) and that despite receiving a divine death penalty, the Torah regards them as great people.
Brandeis Students Disrupt Meeting with Israeli Lawmakers
Brandeis University students disrupted a panel discussion at a Boston-area synagogue featuring Israeli lawmakers and Jewish community leaders.
The students, members of the Brandeis Students...
Lashon Hara – It’s Not Just Gossip
When people hear the term "lashon hara", they automatically associate it with gossip. Speaking about someone behind their back to others, usually in a manner that is denigrating and unflattering, often describing alleged activities or doings that put the subject of the discussion in a rather negative light. This is the ultimate interpretation of lashon hara.
Q & A: Bibliographical Oddities Regarding Parshas Parah
The Shulchan Aruch (Hilchos Chanukah, 685:7) writes that some authorities maintain that there is a biblical obligation to read Parshas Zachor and Parshas Parah.
Director Won’t Release ‘Love Song of Saul Alinsky’ Tape with Obama’s ‘Share’
According to breitbart.com, Pam Dickler, director of the 1998 production of "The Love Song of Saul Alinsky" in Chicago that included a panel discussion...
Israelis Petition: We Love the Iranian People
Some days you just have to love Israelis, who take time out of their busy schedules to express their love thine enemy thing online.
Israeli Picnic Hacked by Muslims
The home page of Israeli portal picknick.co.il, which is normally devoted to topics like love, the great outdoors and the popular show "Big Brother,"...
Poland to Toughen Stance on Returning Communal Jewish Property
Warsaw is moving the discussion over the transfer of possession to original owners to the courts.
Muslim Brotherhood Reiterates Refusal to Conduct Dialogue with Israel
Muslim Brotherhood spokesman: ""We will reject any request from the Israeli embassy to meet."
Q & A: Biblical Blue Fringe: Will the Real Chilazon Please Stand Up!
In February we conducted a thorough discussion of the mitzvah of techeilet. The following guest piece by Baruch Sterman, marking 20 years since the establishment of the Ptil Tekhelet Foundation (www.tekhelet.com), is a follow up to that discussion.