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Daniel Retter

Daniel Retter is the author of HaMafteach, the Indexed Referenced Guide in both Hebrew and English to the Talmud Bavli and Mishnayos. He practices immigration, real estate, and business law as “Of Counsel” to Wildes and Weinberg Law Offices in their Miami Office, and he resides with his wife Margie, in Miami Beach, Fla. He may be contacted at dretter@retterlaw.com.

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Book Reviews / In Print

Fighting the Moral Fight

By Daniel Retter

Indeed, the October 7 massacre was no more and no less than a blip on the radar screen for Hamas, which has been waging war against Israel since its creation in 1987 – in Israel proper and against the Jews the world over, and against the Western nations as well.

In Print / Book Reviews

A Book I’m Thinking About: The Complete And Caring Life Of Rav Menachem Mendel Schneerson

By Daniel Retter

For those ignorant or confused with the Lubavitcher movement’s beginnings and dynasty, Rebbe weaves its history into a beautiful and comprehensive tapestry.

In Print / Op-Eds

Black Wealth Matters

By Daniel Retter

This plan will excite the targeted populations and demonstrate that you care for them, especially in blue urban centers like New York City, Chicago, and Los Angeles, which today are probably your weakest areas of voter support.

In Print / Op-Eds

Trump Immigration Rules – A Proposal

By Daniel Retter

These illegals cannot be expected or trusted to integrate into our society as law abiding residents, and so should never be rewarded for their initial or subsequent unlawful behavior.

In Print / Book Reviews

A Voice Of Strength, Beyond Survival

By Daniel Retter

Interwoven in this biography are the political, religious, historical, and cultural background events marking Wiesel’s extraordinary life trajectory, which the author expertly and entertainingly describes with his reporter’s eye.

In Print / Book Reviews

Paskening The Pandemic

By Daniel Retter

A quick survey of these essays reveals how the overriding medical and halachic concern of certain pikuach nefesh for the individual patient is weighed so very carefully against potential or probable pikuach nefesh and the general health and welfare of the community at large.

In Print / Book Reviews

The Sound Of Silence (Part II)

By Daniel Retter

We see that the Pope’s agenda was to protect the Church and its status from being attacked by the Germans or Italians, and to only attempt to protect baptized Jews, whom he considered to be Catholics.

In Print / Book Reviews

The Sound Of Silence (Part I)

By Daniel Retter

By understanding the domestic politics of Italy and Germany vis à vis the Vatican, as well as how the United States, Britain, and the French government in exile fully comprehended the Pope’s duplicity,... we may understand, but never accept, the horrific and unforgivable conduct of the Pope.

In Print / Book Reviews

Title: Introduction to the Talmud

By Daniel Retter

For whom was this work written? There have been other attempts to introduce the Talmud to beginners, but none of them appeal across the board as does Introduction to the Talmud.

Features / Travel

Lower Manhattan's Auschwitz Exhibition

By Daniel Retter

The exhibit covers three floors. The first floor depicts pre-war Poland and Germany, the second floor covers the “camps," and the third floor highlights the individuals who populated Auschwitz.

Features / From the Paper

Panama: An Oasis Of Torah Judaism In Central America

By Daniel Retter

Recently, due to political and economic turmoil in Latin America, many Jews have immigrated to Panama from Argentina, Uruguay, Peru, Colombia, and Venezuela.

Op-Eds

Open Orthodoxy Is Openly Unorthodox

By Daniel Retter

Open Orthodoxy is a wolf in sheep’s clothing, appealing to unknowing Jewish communities that seek a meaningful and genuine Orthodox religious experience.

Interviews and Profiles

‘A Gathering Place For The Most Serious Talmidei Chachamim’: An Interview with Rabbi Aaron Kotler, President of Beth Medrash Govoha

By Daniel Retter

Those seeking accounting, finance, business, healthcare, technology, etc., will often enter a specialized graduate degree “track” created by Lakewood’s Professional Career Services, in conjunction with local institutions of higher education, for our alumni.

Interviews and Profiles

‘The Left Holds The Arabs In Such Low Regard’: An Interview with Author and Law Professor Thane Rosenbaum

By Daniel Retter

During the Nazi period, as bad as the Germans were, no German politician ever declared openly a desire to exterminate the Jews.

Interviews and Profiles

Briana Goldberg: Complete And Unshaken Faith In Hashem

By Daniel Retter

I felt guilty asking her to talk about her husband. There was no need for the guilt.

Features

An Evening With Perlman And Helfgot

By Daniel Retter

Almost immediately the audience began singing and clapping and continued almost without stop throughout the rest of the concert.

Travel

Cost Rica: A Frum Traveler’s Guide

By Daniel Retter

The climate is near perfect. From November through May the weather is dry and warm. June through October is referred to as the rainy season, though the weather is still comfortable and the occasional showers barely interfere with touring, sporting activities or sunbathing.

Interviews and Profiles

From Near Death In Gaza To The NYC Marathon: An Interview with IDF Lieutenant Aharon Karov

By Daniel Retter

Twenty-seven-year-old IDF Lieutenant (res.) Aharon Karov completed the New York City Marathon earlier this month, less than five years after an explosion in Gaza left him near death.

Op-Eds

Hashba’ah at the Kotel

By Daniel Retter

There's an eerie silence and tears can be seen running down the faces of young parents and elderly grandparents and siblings of all ages.

Travel

Rome And Venice: Ideal Destinations For The Orthodox Traveler

By Daniel Retter

There was a time when an Orthodox Jewish traveler, offered a choice of visiting London, Paris or Rome, likely would have put Rome last on the list. Today, that would be a big mistake. Rome is a marvelous place to visit, especially for a religious Jew interested in the historical roots of the post-Second Temple Diaspora.

Interviews and Profiles

Memory And Belief In The Wake Of The Holocaust: An Interview with Rabbi Yisrael Meir Lau

By Daniel Retter

Rabbi Yisrael Meir Lau, formerly the chief rabbi of Israel and currently chief rabbi of Tel Aviv, visited the United States recently to address the Siyum HaShas at MetLife Stadium and to appear at a Chabad Shabbos retreat in Fort Lauderdale.

Op-Eds

Jew Vs. Jew

By Daniel Retter

The Beis HaMikdash was destroyed due to sinas chinam, baseless hatred. With the Three Weeks and Tisha B’Av now behind us, have we learned anything from this national tragedy, or is history repeating itself?

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