יום שישי, י״א תמוז תשפ״וFriday, June 26, 2026
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Rabbi Y Y Rubinstein is a popular international lecturer. He was a regular Broadcaster on BBC Radio and TV but resigned in 2022 over what he saw as its institutional anti-Semitism. He is the author of fourteen books including most recently, "Never Alone...The book for teens and young adults who've lost a parent." He made aliyah in 2025.
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If I knew some white guy who took his family over decades to an American church where the preacher railed weekly against African Americans using the “n” word, it would be reasonable to conclude he was a racist. It is not unreasonable for someone to draw the same conclusion regarding Obama and Corbyn considering the churches they attended and the Facebook groups they belonged to.
Oxfam, accused of forcing and starving desperate women into prostitution offers one defense: They are not the worst of the NGO’s by any means! Great defense!
Wouldn’t it be nice if there could be norms and conventions that protected women from unwanted advances by men – and men from unfair accusations by women? Oh wait, there are-- being Shomer Negiah and Shomer Yichud!
The truly amazing thing about Trump’s announcement is that despite media’s incessant counter-narrative, there are still enough individuals, both Jewish and non-Jewish, who believe that the ONLY people who have ever called Jerusalem their capital deserve to do so again.
Don’t expect Jews in show biz to stand up, loud and proud, for their people. It ain't gonna happen, not these days. All that fame and fortune is just far too seductive--ask Larry David.
Recently, I came upon research about today’s teenagers – the first generation to have grown up with smartphones – that is really quite alarming.
Hashem has, after all, judged exactly the cases of our lives on 5,778 previous occasions. He has seen individual Jews and even the entire Jewish people turn their lives around many times before. The ultimate Judge is biased in our favor
Visiting Tel Aviv, I could not help but be impressed at how it has morphed into the start-up center of the world, Yet it’s what Tel Aviv’s residents have held onto from their Jewish past in their hi-tech Jewish present that, for me, makes the place truly amazing.
Lakewood, like all such communities, should always bear in mind that we are in exile and have a constant duty of Kiddush Hashem (reflecting honor to God) and being loyal and outstanding citizens.
Claims of sinister Jewish control of governments used to come from the extreme Right and the extreme Left. Now they seem to be coming from the mainstream Left as well, viciously attacking Trump and Kushner
The pivotal appointment to the Supreme Court Justices make the political nature of the US legal system quite clear/ From a British point of view that is truly shocking. From a halachic one it is horrific.
Parenting--and grandparenting--pearls from Rabbi YY Rubenstein.
Making people laugh and telling funny stories won't necessarily earn you a place in heaven. But you know what will? Finding people who have forgotten how to laugh or perhaps feel they will never laugh again – and making them laugh.
In the case of Jews refused entry to the UK before WWII, the justification given was baseless and false. In the case of Syrians refused entry to the US the justification has a basis and is not false
Quite seriously, anyone in the media in who declares himself or herself to be religious has about as much chance of securing career advancement as a hedgehog has of getting a job in a balloon factory.
Trump’s win threatens the template of “democracy” long promoted in mainstream media by exposing the abysmal failure of American journalism, specifically its inability or refusal to report objectively.
The losing side has identified the real culprits for Hillary’s defeat. It was not, of course, anything she did wrong. It was the FBI (previously adored for dismissing her e-mail scandal) and…Facebook!
We may differ in the cultures from whence we hail, but we Jews all descend from Avraham, and inspire our countries to adopt a more ethical way of doing things. An Avraham Avinu way of doing things
I think ordinary Americans are tired of too many media types and too many elected officials assuring them they have nothing to worry about, when they clearly know they do.
Scottish Police threatened to arrest anyone waving Palestinian flags during the Hapoel Be’er Sheva/Glasgow Celtic. match. There were not a few flags – there were hundreds. And the police did nothing
How to ascertain whether a society, culture, or philosophy is healthy and wholesome? How it treats Jews. If Jews fare well, so do others; when Jews start to leave a place, it is a bad sign for all
After Orlando, Pres. Obama denounced those who'd link the outrage to Islam. Should the US Muslims be under surveillance? he asked incredulously. Millions listened, rolled their eyes, and said “Duh!”
The message of E Pluribus Unum has long resonated in American hearts and minds. But the Left doesn’t like it. According to them, it’s racist.
The theme song for this year's presidential elections, undoubtedly, should be Stephen Sondheim’s famous song “Send in the Clowns.”
Dealing with problems and difficulties, struggling to solve them, keeps minds and people young at any age
Obama can't connect the words "Islamic" and "terror." Doubtful if a Dem wins the WH, they can either
Like Mel Gibson, Facebook denies it is in any way anti-Semitic. Maybe Mel should work for them?
You don’t need to be Baptist or an Orthodox rabbi to believe that road we're on has led to decadence
Surely too Rowling must know that Israel is the only country in the entire region whose laws do not “regard other sexualities as inferior.”
The target of her investigation is the Orthodox community, and WNYC’s denying it an equal voice to defend itself was unfair – and bad journalism to boot.
The murderer of Shira Banki had no authority or warrant. There was no due process.
American leftists have a pathological self-inflicted blindness to the dangers of political Islam
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