יום שלישי, כ״ה תשרי תשפ״זTuesday, October 6, 2026
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By Batya Medad
Jolie decided she doesn't need her mammary glands and ovaries, we in Israel do not need the United States of America.
By David Morris
In the universal contest between the blues and the reds, one side will invariably win, the other lose.
Adegbile was not making a moral statement by representing a man convicted of killing a cop.
Haaretz always prints any story it can to discredit Israel.
Abutbol's city government does everything it can to avoid helping schools that are not the mainstream Haredi.
So much for honest disagreement in the Charedi world.
They are arguing specifically about summer camps, but the arguments apply to all the differences between them.
The Center for Security Policy has launched a petition demanding that the American Conservative Union (ACU) expel Grover Norquist.
By Batya Medad
I'm glad that we never had to choose between the country of our birth and the country of our choice!
Just because I have a Hashkafa that differs from them, that does not mean I do not respect them.
By Adam Levick
The bill (by Senator Robert Menendez, along with 58 co-sponsors) has been accurately described by multiple media sources.
If the US military doesn't know better, then who are we to trust with our defense?
By DovBear
Those who live lives of no sports, entertainment, or outdoor activities take what they can get.
This past Friday afternoon we took a short break from Shabbos preparation to do a short tiyu.
Obama is stuck in his box, unable to consider options that might actually work.
I could not believe what I was reading. It made me angry!
On Feb. 22nd, the University of Pennsylvania Law School hosted the “Eighth Annual Muslim Law Students Conference.”
Women learning Torah is becoming increasingly permissive, but women wearing tefillin is becoming increasingly stringent.
By JoeSettler
The Haredi community may need to add some Mussar learning to their Gemorah learning.
He is willing to destroy other Torah institutions – NOT to save his own – but as an act of revenge?!
By JoeSettler
The heated debate in the settlements revolved around participating in the Haredi anti-draft rally planned for Sunday - or not.
The report is titled: "Trigger-happy: Israel’s use of excessive force in the West Bank." Need we say more?
It looks like Mohammed will not go to Legoland after all.
By DovBear
Here is why opponents of R Shteinman think you should oppose him too.
For the record, all those who try and interpret this act out of its Issur-prohibition are mindboggelingly foolish, in my view.
Here, again, the very definition of Islamic supremacism from another devout Muslim group.
Sure enough, the mayoral challenger's song was quick to draw criticism from his opponents and detractors.
By Tzvee Zahavy
One of us had the chutzpah to ask him to join the ball game. He said okay and he played aggressively.
By Batya Medad
Some pictures I took yesterday while wandering around the neighborhood on my "fitness walk."
By David Morris
The voice of the middle ground is more important than ever, yet perhaps too soft to be heard at all.
The 'official Jewish' voice in the UK has become increasingly sympathetic to the leftist-Islamist agenda.
By Paula Stern
I love that most of my kids don't actually read this blog - it gives me a freedom.
When the "offensive" statements in our Talmud were stated, no one thought they were offensive.
By DovBear
Bring the professor and tell him off in a way the students can respect and understand.
By JoeSettler
JoeSettler's warning came too late, automatic government-authorized organ harvesting has begun.
Exclusive: Pamela Geller examines law-enforcement connection to U.S. terror compound.
One would think that finally, at long last, a long standing inequity will be eliminated.
By David Morris
Eli Cohen, the challenging candidate for mayor, recently announced at a campaign meeting in Beit Shemesh that "this time, the dead won't vote!"
On New Year’s Day 2014 a powerful explosion and fire occurred at 514 Cedar Avenue South, in a predominantly Somali neighborhood of Minneapolis.
By Batya Medad
As president, Truman initially opposed the creation of a Jewish state.
By JoeSettler
Israel wants to automatically grab your organs after death. JoeSettler says, "Opt-out".
By JoeSettler
Hesder produces quality, dedicated combat soldiers and officers - why is it suddenly under attack. JoeSettler explores the reason...
The fact that she chooses a boycott of Israeli universities as an example of a just limitation of academic freedom is a perfect example of the defect in her approach.
By Tzvee Zahavy
I believe it is essential for Orthodox Judaism to change and to provide women with full equality, including minyan, aliyahs and ordination.
The entire Templer community of seven settlements across Palestinewas deported.
Halacha forbids physical contact between the sexes.
By Batya Medad
Other people and religions also want the benefit of the "local call" to God.
We've become very good at symptom management and at not thinking about the underlying problem.
All four bodies were found bearing several stab wounds and other signs of extreme violence.
By Batya Medad
I finally realized/accepted/admitted that my weight had gone up a bit.
Of course the young men in Yeshivos get the same kind of Mussar, but they hardly have any time to act on it.
By Paula Stern
The smell may be gone, but the air remains poisoned by the hatred.
By David Morris
As if there was not enough drama in the re-called contentious Beit Shemesh municipal elections!
Israel is an independent sovereign state, and it should not be treated as a banana republic.
By DovBear
This reduces the halachic process to an entirely ad hoc system.
By Batya Medad
To pass God's test, the Jewish People had to be independent of others and show faith in God.
Yes, Modern Orthodoxy is losing some of its youth to secularism.
By Batya Medad
They know that on Shabbat our defenses are down and we're recharging our spiritual batteries.
By Batya Medad
I really wonder if there is such a thing as European countries that like and support the State of Israel.
By David Morris
Moshe Abutbul has taken the knee-jerk response to all criticism and perceived threats.
Lipman's proposal was crafted in coordination with Chief Rabbi Dovid Lau.
How well do Charedim do in the army? How well do they adjust?
By Adam Levick
One Israeli media outlet steadfastly refuses to set the record straight.
The Africa initiative includes an Israeli pledge of 24-million shekel ($6.8 million) to humanitarian relief in Africa.
There was a time when Gedolei Torah knew what they knew and knew what they didn’t know.
The survival of the state requires control of Judea/Samaria and a primarily Jewish population without hostile elements.
Both communities value using books to study their texts, and digital devices are a less preferable way for younger people to study.
Unfortunately, some people are still in the dark about the significance of this, and similar acts.
Prosecution of predators is a crucial component in the therapeutic treatment of their victims.
Their grandparents had already loosened their grip on religion and as the family disintegrated, materialism took its place.
By Paula Stern
My son continues to move slowly towards the army while working to complete his final year in high school.
I understand their angst. These are funds they have relied upon for decades in order to subsist.
By Batya Medad
Peace only happens when one side declares unconditional surrender or both sides really want peace.
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?
By Batya Medad
When I went to my first Shabbaton in the fall-early winter of 1963 I knew nothing of Torah Judaism.
By Paula Stern
It's a strange feeling to known that a missile is flying towards your country and there is nothing you can do about it.
By David Morris
Advisers close to the Prime Minister noted that this demand has already been accepted by the Palestinians.
It is worth looking at the full list but there is one entry that stands out as genuinely bizarre.
Does Israel really need the US to care for our security?
By Tzvee Zahavy
Our club, Northwest Racket and Swim in St. Louis Park, had a wonderful yoga program.
By Batya Medad
This is not the first time Rabbi Riskin has been featured in a video presentation which has raised eyebrows and caused controvers.
"I experienced first-hand many of the disastrous results of Yeshivish social-engineering."
This is not a post that I wanted to write, though I knew it was coming.
By DovBear
Hundreds of thousands of Jews participate in Daf Yomi at some point.
Kerry doesn't follow news from Israel very closely, he's too busy drawing up plans for Israel's return to Auschwitz borders.
I do not believe their feminist innovations will ever catch on with the mainstream.
One lone audience members dared to ask why give massive support to Syrians with millions suffering hardship in the UK.
Boys can play with dolls. Men can embrace their feminine side. Girls can play sports.
By Batya Medad
Those predictions are very dangerous and can cause more economic problems than our going our own way would have.
Reports indicate that terrorist Hezbollah forces — allies of Iran — have infiltrated the U.S. and have mapped out targets.
I don’t know who is responsible for the continuing attack against the IDF in Israel, but it's not my kind of Judaism.
By David Morris
The event was entitled “Who are the people in our neighborhood.”
Saeb Erekat is, once again, lying. Just as we caught him lying many, many times before.
As soon as he stepped out of the country, he was officially AWOL.
By JoeSettler
Threats to abandon Settlers to terrorists, and boycotts of Israel are creating opportunities that can be exploited for the good, says JoeSettler.
By Batya Medad
Yair Lapid the latest Israeli political "balloon" is out to destroy Jewish life in the Biblical Land of Israel.
By Atara Beck
“Israel Apartheid” lies disseminated by Arab-Israeli MK Ahmed Tibi were recently exposed by Israeli think tank Regavim.
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