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Responsible Jewish outreach encourages BTs to retain and to enhance their relationship with parents
The Hareidi paper HaMevaser wanted to have their cake and eat it too: use the photo; lose the women
No Charedi leader has suggested a change that would make a difference to a failing paradigm
The average Israeli may not fulfill all mitzvos but shops at the mitzvah "store" regularly
The rally tells me that the recent anti-Semitism in France isn't representative of mainstream France
{Originally posted to author's website, Emes Ve-Emunah} So now there is DNA testing. This is the point made in a Yated article (republished in Maztav) in its crusade to change New York City’s Board of Health requirement of informed consent - warning parents of the dangers of Metzitza B’Peh (MbP). From Matzav: This extraordinary program […]
12 months ago, 27 year old US Army Sgt Jordan Adams suffered a traumatic brain injury
{Originally posted to author's website, Emes Ve-Emunah} I’ve have many times expressed my opposition here to the procedure known as Metzitza B’Peh (MbP). This involves direct oral suction of blood from the circumcision wound. I am opposed because it unnecessarily endangers the child when a Mohel has the herpes virus in the early stages and […]
The Orthodox Union has announced a massive push to get the government to help fund Jewish education
How can a Charedi family survive when they are spending $800 more per month than they earn?
Corruption accusations are commonplace in Israeli politics, defining it’s political landscape.
Much as I'd like to see the Jewish nation fully observant forcing Shabbat on people is NOT the way.
Is Haredi open-ended learning on charity better than earning a living that would obviate that?
The crisis in Jewish education is of existential importance. How should it be resolved?
Nothing binds Jews together more than Torah observance; Or so one would think.
When Rabbi Shafran, Chief Spokesman for Agudah talks about his own battle with heresy, that's news.
The shelf life of parliamentary government is about 2 years, hardly enough time to get anything done
Obviously, the better part of caution is to report credible reports of abuse directly to the police.
{Originally posted on author's website, Emes Ve-Emunah} It seems so simple to me. So Logical. It makes so much sense. And yet it seems that logic is thrown out the window when it comes to the ways in which Charedi leaders in Israel view it. The ‘it’ I’m talking about is economically integrating itself productively […]
The Chilul HaShem of religious Jews-long beards&wearing religious garb-acting like inner-city thugs
My Rebbe, Rav Ahron Soloveichik, permits celebrating the day with a festive family turkey dinner.
As events over the last couple of weeks amply demonstrate, the status quo isn’t working out either
Master Sergeant Zidan Saif (Zt"L) a Druze from the Galilee, was shot and killed saving Jewish lives.
The burden of proof that a person is against Israel but not anti-Semitic rests on that person.
It should be clear Israel’s existence is not the real issue; the issue is Islamic fundamentalism.
Artifacts are not what make the Jewish people great; it is our conduct that does.
The RCA stated their review will add protection for the convert and not tamper with Halacha.
It undermines the tenets the rabbi preaches to his congregants when his wife does not live by them
Argue with Rabbi Gordimer on the merits;Go ahead. What Rabbi Katz did went well beyond the pale.
Fiddler on the Roof moved some Jews to explore their roots; it actually led some to become observant
It is the acceptance of all Halacha that is important – not the immediate knowledge of them.
Charedi poverty cannot be solved by only changing the system from one of learning to one of working
Despite its shortcomings, Jewish education is the key not only to Jewish survival but to its growth.
"Holy from womb to tomb," is lying; It is a lie of omission which is worse than a lie of commission.
How bad is it? It is a battle royal tearing at the very heart of the yeshiva world.
In the vast majority of cases, they are truly people in need, the fraudulent have been weeded out,
Kids bring in the light and let out the darkness through breathing exercises; it changes people.
If I make a million dollars in 2 weeks, how can I observe something like this and sit by quietly?”
"Shuls that are full on Friday night were fuller than normal, looking more like Yom Kippur"
I can’t blame these people for seeing women that way, it's how they are raised-I blame the Hashkafa
Though the Talmud doesn't give instructions, Metzitza has always been done B’Peh - by oral suction.
If not scared by God be scared by man; Hopefully ethics will integrate into lives for proper reasons
Smear campaigns by people with agendas other than justice do not faze him; He does what is right.
There's much confusion about the definition of Daas Torah; simply put it means the wisdom of Torah.
Pashkevil: "Come out today and battle the Zionist Amalek and all the traitors in Nahal Haredi..."
Rabbi Fink: "There are many ‘true believers who can’t even be in the presence of Orthodox Judaism."
"The Obama administration proved once again that it is the best friend of its enemies, and the biggest enemy of its friends."
1st thing that must be done: tear down that wall; 2nd thing: allocate empty classrooms to Charedim.
The CBD has still stood its ground because there are teachers on staff that knew and did nothing.
No appropriate response by Charedi leaders to terror tactics aimed at Charedim that joined the IDF.
Now everyone has easy access to the culture and all of its vices, both social and intellectual.
Is it because of corrupt values and lack of meeting opportunities that we have a shidduch crisis?
If feminism is mentioned at all, it is usually to condemn it as an anti Torah ideal.
We all got degrees. We got married. We had families. We worked. We and were Koveih Itim
But the real culprit is William Schabas, who by comparison makes Richard Goldstone look like a saint
Israeli's are a religious people; even secular Jews believe that God is active in this world.
If Hamas would simply stop firing rockets into Israel, all the carnage would stop instantly.
Inevitably when tragedies like this happen there is a sudden burst of Achdus. Tragedies unite.
Looking for a spiritual cause of a tragedy is a time honored tradition in Judaism.
It would be tragic beyond all proportion if Yeshiva University were to fold. I don’t think that is going to happen.
Radical Islam is an idea, not an organization. It is the enemy, not terrorism.
Unfortunately it really doesn’t matter what the common Muslim wants. Fanatic religious fervor trumps it all.
It seems like now more than ever Frumkeit has replaced sincerity as the primary focus of the right.
One measure for living a "normal" life is Halacha, and the other is societal standards.
Judaism is not only about doing the Mitzvos. It is also a belief system.
Eisenhower forced the residents of a nearby town to go to one of the liberated camps to see what their leaders had done.
I don’t think we can see ourselves as one cohesive unit of Orthodox Jews any more.
We need both armies of Israel: the spiritual one, the Yeshiva world, and the physical one, the IDF.
There was an obvious appearance of prejudice – even if there wasn’t any in actuality.
The Talmud belongs to all the Jewish people, not just Orthodox Jews.
The bottom line for me here is that a life could have been saved.
When President Obama was newly elected, he made a trip to the Middle East to address the Arab nations. He spoke about Israel’s right to exist as a Jewish nation citing the Holocaust as the reason. He was roundly criticized for that by many – especially in the religious community. Because as we all know […]
Please, Ribbono shel Olam, no more children or soldiers be called to join the holy minyan in Heaven.
According to a recent survey in Mishpacha Magazine, most secular Israeli Jews do not hate charedim.
I do not for a minute think he ever believed that Israel was or will be an Apartheid state. He simply misspoke.
Women must eat Matzah on Pesach too but that is also a time bound positive commandment.
Students most in danger of going OTD are those with damaged egos from teacher inattentiveness.
I see less unity between religious factions than between religious Jews and secular Jews
There is never an excuse to withhold a Get from a woman. NEVER!
So much for honest disagreement in the Charedi world.
Just because I have a Hashkafa that differs from them, that does not mean I do not respect them.
I could not believe what I was reading. It made me angry!
He is willing to destroy other Torah institutions – NOT to save his own – but as an act of revenge?!
For the record, all those who try and interpret this act out of its Issur-prohibition are mindboggelingly foolish, in my view.
One would think that finally, at long last, a long standing inequity will be eliminated.
Halacha forbids physical contact between the sexes.
Of course the young men in Yeshivos get the same kind of Mussar, but they hardly have any time to act on it.
Yes, Modern Orthodoxy is losing some of its youth to secularism.
How well do Charedim do in the army? How well do they adjust?
There was a time when Gedolei Torah knew what they knew and knew what they didn’t know.
Prosecution of predators is a crucial component in the therapeutic treatment of their victims.
I understand their angst. These are funds they have relied upon for decades in order to subsist.
Is it worth taking the chance that ‘some of our own’ may leave the fold in order to gain those who may come into the fold?
"I experienced first-hand many of the disastrous results of Yeshivish social-engineering."
I do not believe their feminist innovations will ever catch on with the mainstream.
I don’t know who is responsible for the continuing attack against the IDF in Israel, but it's not my kind of Judaism.
There is probably a lot going on in the mind of a Baal Teshuva that is left unsaid - but ought to be.
The reaction of Cardinal George was almost identical to the response of Orthodox Jewish institutional leaders.
No one has a monopoly on the truth.
Many of my critics ask me why I don’t focus on the problems in the Modern Orthodox community.
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