Emes Ve-Emunah

Somehow, even though it should be obvious to them that the U.S. is different, they have retained the mindset that it’s OK to cheat “the Goyim” - if they can get away with it. And that is what causes the kind of Chilul HaShem that is happening here. And when the criminal is someone who is otherwise a good person, the Chilul HaShem is even greater.

I too have questions. And like many, I too have not found satisfactory answers to them all.  And yet I remain true to my faith.

The Pew study provides a stark picture of the disintegration of American Jewry--with the exception of the Orthodox.

I believe that the massacre in Newton would never have happened if guns were made illegal.

{Originally posted to the author's website, Emes Ve-Emunah} The inevitable finally happened. Rabbi Avi Weiss has dispensed with his prior refusal to call his female...

Argue with Rabbi Gordimer on the merits;Go ahead. What Rabbi Katz did went well beyond the pale.

The moderate Charedi world that I often talk about as the future of mainstream American Orthodoxy - is a beneficiary of the new high school curriculum.

Incorporating ideologies that contradict Jewish norms is not the way to conserve Judaism, bor restore Modern Orthodoxy.

I don’t think we can see ourselves as one cohesive unit of Orthodox Jews any more.

We were all sitting around Rav Shachter in a circle. And we were all thinking the same thing.

Israeli's are a religious people; even secular Jews believe that God is active in this world.

The highlight of the evening was a brief but inspiring video of the history of Daf Yomi from its inception at the first Agudah convention via until the present. Over all, The Siyum was a job well done I thought. At least here in Chicago.

In part the altered lives victims of abuse and molestation live are a result of the abuse itself. But it is in part also because of the unfortunate negative reaction to the victims by their own community.

I would love to see Mrs. Freier become the role model for all Hasidic women – and not just for those like the ones she attended school with.

The IDF Haredi draft is "a cynical attempt at social engineering."

The bloggist provides a decidedly alternative perspective but arrives at the same and right conclusion: Mr. President, I say Thank you. But ‘Good riddance!

Why does being a religious Jew – especially a Charedi Jew make one happier and live longer?

Minister Lapid should not be judged by a few offhand comments spoken in angry response to being constantly attacked as a Torah hater.

How does antisemitism fit into all this? Unfortunately antisemitism is becoming acceptable as part of the ‘woke’ culture

Calling the Jewish Press‘closest thing to a frum English-language weekly’ insults the publication

I disagree with continuing to make an issue of it.

I hope that the Jewish Press stays the paper of record for Orthodox Jewry. If it were to fold - the loss would be a devastating blow to moderation.

Rabbi Avigdor Miller did not want to publish this work during his lifetime. He felt that so soon after the Holocaust it would upset survivors

Inevitably when tragedies like this happen there is a sudden burst of Achdus. Tragedies unite.

"As soon as these chariots of kedusha started running, the suicide bombers stopped."

Hillary wants to be the first woman to be President more than she wants to be President.

The extreme emphasis on tznius (modesty) has even led to husbands and wives being buried in separate locations.

'Shomer negiah,' the halachic bar on physical contact with the opposite sex, is wrongly treated by many as a Chumra that many do not observe.

Women equalizing with men in all areas of Judaism is anathema to the very idea of male/female roles.

Trump's appointments could put an entirely new, PRO-Israel spin on how the US sees a final solution between Israel and the Arabs. So, give him a chance.