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How moving it is, therefore, that the first recorded instance of civil disobedience – predating Thoreau by more than three millennia – is the story in this week's parsha of Shifra and Puah, two ordinary women defying Pharaoh in the name of simple humanity.

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You cannot decide whether we should fight or not. We will... That decision is taken...

The strongest attribute of any of the Republican candidates for president is that he or she is not named Barack Obama.

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Donald Trump’s election was a complete surprise to many. In fact every poll predicted that he would lose. How were they all so wrong?

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We have lost the idea of what it is to give ourselves to Hashem with totality and completeness.

Maybe it is the advent of social media, but today we often hear about various customs others practice and many of us have taken on those minhagim as well.

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With all due respect to Dorothy Parker, "Girls who wear glasses, SHOULD get passes"

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WASHINGTON – Four drug dealers, a trafficker in stolen goods, a gambler and a turkey made President Obama’s Thanksgiving freedom list, but Israel’s best-known spy did not.

While honoring his deceased relatives through his work, Sendak simultaneously mocked those survivors with whom he grew up.

This casual observation will give you the ability to easily understand when something is wrong during the unavoidable social struggle.

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Catholics like Father Coughlin weren't the only threat during this period.

Liberals have a long history of mercilessly castigating Republican presidents including the popular, and successful Ronald Reagan. But if you want to know about psychopathic-level demonization of a president, consider what George W. Bush endured.

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Some of the most famous and important works of literature contain passages and themes that are immodest in nature. May a G-d-fearing Jew read these works for the good they contain, or must he forgo reading them entirely?

We are in Eretz Yisrael before the building of the Beis Hamikdash. Why are we repeating the same mistake three thousand years later?

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Parshas Zachor follows, as Amalek will resurface before the geula, reminding us that we must rid ourselves of wrongdoing and teshuvah.

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