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By Yehuda Lave
As is true regarding everything in life, nothing is perfect, and ZOOM, which is great, gives each individual participant options to mute oneself and to turn off the video, leaving a black screen with just a name identifying the person. There are many advantages to this for the participant. He/she can take phone calls, eat and drink without disturbing others, and play games instead of focus on the Zoom class. The shutting down of the video camera decreases and almost eliminates the connection that we so desire and cherish. The ability to see a person’s face allows for a meaningful ‘connection’ to each participant. Without, Zoom becomes just a taped Youtube class.
As a central theme of its propaganda, J Street maintains that Jews do not have a right to live wherever they choose and must be transferred out of their homes and neighborhoods in Judea-Samaria, where Israeli citizens have lived for nearly 50 years and before the Roman exile for nearly one thousand years
’m convinced that Trump’s “maximum pressure” policy on Iran is the only approach short of war that might have any chance of modifying the behavior of the Iranian regime
While the role of the billion dollar sports industries fade in the lives of ordinary Americans, the games will live on in backyards, cul-de-sacs, and grassy fields where we will go on playing them, instead of paying to watch others play
According to this formulation, are black Jews white?
It is Jews who are trying to shut Shannon down. WHY?!
By Yehuda Lave
They have to leave their old lives behind and not mourn for them but face a new world.
Perhaps the hardest questions have related to the political issues here in Israel.
By Tzvi Fishman
The rabbis noted that former Chief Rabbis Avraham Shapira and Ovadia Yosef both issued harsh rulings condemning joint discussions with Jewish religious movements that deny the Written and Oral Torah, emphasizing the danger and Chillul Hashem involved.
The Mufti would not allow Jews to place benches at the Wailing Wall...
All of these conflicts between mostly Muslim countries further serve to fragment the Islamic world and could potentially push more countries to seek and benefit from the strength and relative stability of Israel.
By Paul Gherkin
Jews are becoming victims again, this time of progressives who see the ashes of Jews as merely fuel for woke causes.
By Jeff Dunetz
Why Should Trump Concede Before Court Challenges Are Over?
It would appear that WHO has changed its focus from public health issues such as the current pandemic to the affect the existence of Israel has on the health of Arab countries. 17 out of 23 WHO agenda items are devoted to this study. Identifying Israel as a gigantic health threat was bold and long overdue.
By Paul Gherkin
Despite the tragedies, the last four years have been the safest ever.
What is seen in movies and on TV or is heard in song, or reads in books - is all too often emulated by the viewer.
It soon became apparent that the US orchestrated this resolution and cajoled all the other Security Council members to support it, where a US abstention would allow the resolution to pass.
By Yehuda Lave
Abraham had to have the courage to challenge G-d if his descendants were to challenge human rulers, as Moses and the Prophets did.
By Tzvi Fishman
I went to Rav Raphael Levine, the sone of Rav Aryeh Levine, to solicit his permission to study Kabbalah. He told me that a p'sak halacha was needed and sent me to Rav Yosef Shalom Elyashiv.
Unfamiliar with other parents in my daughter’s gan, we also didn’t have anyone to commiserate with during the long sleepless nights of my daughter’s illness.
I am very happy that you oppose ethnic cleansing and would ask that you issue a statement criticizing the proposed ethnic cleansing of Jews living in the West Bank who according to statements from Palestinian officials will not be allowed to live there after the establishment of a Palestinian state.
Biden is not Obama. He is more an old-school pro-Israel Democrat. But things have changed.
Retail stores have reopened this week in Israel and active corona cases continue to decrease – there are now about 8,000 active cases.
Except that there’s no such thing as an honest election in Philly.
It may not matter what, if anything, Biden thinks, because he will be guided by unseen hands.
There are two types of defeatism percolating through the GOP and the ranks of conservatives. One is the familiar form of establishment defeatism. The election is over. Let's concede, and move on.
Today in Europe, Jews were NOT invited to a commemoration of Kristallnacht in a small Swedish town
By Guest Author
Elementary logic says if there are coattails, there’s a coat. However, even as the down-ballot races went a bright, rosy red, we’re being asked to believe that those same voters didn’t want Trump. That defies credulity.
By Yehuda Lave
The Torah envisions two sets of eyes facing each other. Sometimes in agreement, sometimes in disagreement, as long as they are opposite each other. This was G-d’s plan to avoid loneliness,
I devoutly hope the decision will be quick and unambiguous, but ultimately someone will win this election. So here is my advice to Americans about the aftermath...
By Jeff Dunetz
In Socialism, everybody gets the same outcome no matter what they get done, contrary to religious teachings.
One of the issues that has led to the political turbulence of the past few years is the draft. The Supreme Court previously ruled that the current law that exempts yeshiva students from military service is illegal.
Hate is strong, but love, when it taps into the wellsprings of nationhood, family, and faith, is far stronger.
Parents, whatever you share with your kids at home will be shared in class. That’s a promise.
While his words and demeanor hand have been the opposite of our ideals, for Orthodox Jews the President’s policies have been more supportive of them than any other President in American history.
From the ever sardonic Larry Shapiro: There a number of other Israeli crimes I could tell you about but for the sake of brevity have only chosen to share these few.
My answer is simple. Unless you think all the Europeans responsible for the massive COVID numbers are MAGA people - the facts speak for themselves.
By Jeff Dunetz
The ad speaks for itself--and for those endorse it
By Avi Abelow
On November 2, 1917, the Balfour Declaration appeared on the world stage.
The development of a Sunni-Israel bloc in the region would be a breakthrough that would fundamentally alter the balance of power, and reduce the need for the US to physically intervene to keep the peace
By Jeff Dunetz
Considering what he did before and after he was elected to the White House, there is only one good choice for Jews in the 2020 election — re-elect Donald J. Trump.
The development of a Sunni-Israel bloc in the region would be a breakthrough that would fundamentally alter the balance of power, and reduce the need for the US to physically intervene to keep the peace.
Not a day goes by here in Israel that we don't think about water.
By Tzvi Fishman
Eli Beer: Of our more than 6,000 volunteers, only 200 or so contracted the disease since the beginning of March, and most of them caught it from family members, co-workers, or their children’s school, not while not responding to medical emergencies.
By Tzvi Fishman
The lead pilot Shion told The Jewish Press that he contacted the heads of each medical facility by telephone as he circled overhead to thank them and all their health professionals on behalf of the people of Israel.
As his detention has continued without charges being filed, the terrorist went on a hunger strike. He has now been on that hunger strike for over 90 days!
Ezri Tubi explains why Israeli's overwhelmingly support President Donald J. Trump, and believe what he has done in the Middle East should give him 4 more years in the White House.
By Yehuda Lave
AND 5 Biblical figures that Overcame Adversity (plus 1 that didn’t)
Dn’t believe that Orthodoxy is doomed. We are not all going to have some kind of epiphany and reject our beliefs. Even if our questions and challenges remain unanswered.
By Jeff Dunetz
A Deal "Sleepy Joe" Couldn't Have Made
Liberal Orthodoxy is now the Torah of the left. It is a doctrine that is constantly being heard on campuses all over the land. A philosophy reflected by the media with little to no opposition.
“I’m not looking forward to when things open up and my wife starts asking why I’m not going.”
At a loss, I thrust my American credit card into her gloved hands and explained that we were new olim and did not understand. Could she please just charge us for the shoes?
Now in Portland, leftist rioters declared an “Indigenous Day of Rage" for Columbus Day and tore down a statue of President Lincoln, along with one of President Theodore Roosevelt, and smashed up the Oregon Historical Society.
Five thousand proposed residential units were advanced in the respective planning meetings. That's a very large number, but the overall number is not what's nearly the most important part – it’s where they are!
By Yehuda Lave
My family connection to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr, who became a Dr, because of help from my great Uncle.
Was Jabotinsky a great admirer of Polish Nationalism? Really?
By Jeff Dunetz
Did lying Cuomo Kill Countless Grandmas?
By Paul Gherkin
Censorship is a cruel hack that silences opinions and stories that stray from today’s new strictly-enforced orthodoxies.
How right does the right thing have to be for us to do it?
Missing out on the candy bags? KDT had us covered. The shul set up a “pekalach swap” whereby every KDT family was tasked with delivering a candy bag to another family in the shul.
By Yehuda Lave
Divorced from facts, reality, and reason, compassion can lead to actions that do more harm than good. Harming people through lockdown measures, even if done in the name of compassion, is still harming people.
Restrictions on outdoor weddings and protests have been lifted. While it's unclear how many people can protest at a wedding, 20 people are allowed at weddings and 20 million people are allowed at protests.
The pandemic has divided the right wing Yeshiva world even more, in unprecedented ways.
By Paul Gherkin
Important events should be marked by their history and consecrated by the related timeless message, whether in regards to man or land.
We didn’t invite the Coronavirus into the country. It may be manmade, but not by Israelis. On the other hand, the political wounds are entirely self-inflicted. They are the fault of almost all the actors in Israel’s political circus.
By Jeff Dunetz
Joe Biden has never been a big supporter of Israel. As V.P. never fought against Barack Obama’s blatant Antisemitism or the anti-semites in his party that have come out of the closet in recent years. As his party’s base consists of extreme leftists and socialists, if (God-forbid) he is elected, the wind will blow Biden even further against the Jews and Israel.
The abuses of political correctness, cancel culture, and the wide popularity of absurd, self-contradictory theories and ideologies are all epiphenomena of the ubiquity of social media.
By Yehuda Lave
New Year brings a new calendar. Here is a quick review. Shana Tova!
People have been convinced to stop following the Covid safety guidelines. This has resulted in many people getting sick and even dying and I hold this group accountable for their deaths!
With Sukkot evenings as delightful as this, I no longer understand the age-old dvar Torah about why Sukkot is celebrated in the autumn instead of the spring.
It's not uncommon for Bennett to do very well in the polls and then not perform on election day.
“You don’t exploit that crowded situation to turn the wife, kids, and sisters into human shields? What kind of warped thinking is that?
On the other hand, if Biden wins it may become clear to Israeli planners that there is a very short window of opportunity to pursue a military solution to the problem of Iranian nukes.
On Sukkot we are told to be joyful, but why should we be more joyful on Sukkot than any other holiday, and what is the message for us today?
In true “Big Brother” fashion, the Shin Bet finds contact points between Covid-19 patients and others using cell phone tracking systems generally employed for counterterrorism operations.
The Jewish people went from being an outdoor nation to becoming indoor communities, but the Torah world is definitely returning to the way it was… under the heavens, together as one nation
Reports continue that Israel will establish relations with at least Sudan and Oman in the next few weeks. President Trump has said the number could be as high as nine countries.
s Biden the lesser of two evils? Probably. But the lesser of two evils is still evil. I am probably one of the very few voters that has not made up their minds yet
Laws are upheld primarily by the willingness of citizens to obey them, with enforcement only needed for egregious violators. That mechanism is breaking down in Israel.
By Yehuda Lave
Anybody in their right mind tries to avoid appearing before the King and getting a judgment, but if you survive it, you get to the most joyous time of the Jewish year, Sukkot, with its party atmosphere and family time.
By Tzvi Fishman
Said Litzman, "Gamzu doesn't understand the significance of such a pilgramage [to Uman] just like I don't understand the importance of a basketball game."
While my children and I did not attend shul this year (my husband attended a very small, very early morning minyan), we did manage to have a special davening experience.
By Tzvi Fishman
Asked how Ben Uliel reacted to the news, Baum said, “He has great faith. He is a follower of Breslov, and he looks for the good in everything.
Everyone agrees that these numbers are up, but that's pretty much where agreement ends. Will the lockdown decrease the numbers?
By Jeff Dunetz
Not all of the conspiracy theories about Soros are true. But his support of anti-Semitic causes have been proven`1
By Yehuda Lave
The Ten Commandments present a realistic portrayal of love and how to live harmoniously with people from all ethnic and racial backgrounds.
She had little in the way of a Jewish education. But at the same time she was proud of her Jewish heritage. She said she was motivated by the Torah’s command of Tzedek, Tzedek Tirdof – justice, justice you shall pursue.
Issue isn't 'Black and White'
A white supremacist planting a bomb is firmly condemned, but a black man throwing molotov cocktails at a synagogue is carefully not discussed
By Jeff Dunetz
In its purest essence, the Jewish High Holiday period is the antithesis of the various forms of liberal, progressive, and socialist governments.
By Yehuda Lave
Today during our current epidemic, Doctors and Rabbis have stated that anyone over 60 is at great risk from this new flu (younger people don’t seem to be as affected). It is not much of a stretch than using common sense, that even if you are in good health, anyone over 60 should not fast, and of course, if you are not in good health, no matter what your age you should not fast.
I will get right to the point. This Rosh Ha’Shanah, we are focusing on the wrong thing. Instead of worrying how many people are allowed in shul and whether or not we need to cover the shofar with a cloth, we need to focus on how to crown Hashem – King of the world! This […]
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