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Giving More than a Pass to an Alleged Sex Abuser 27 Aug 2013 | 12:07 am
Eric Anderson as Shlomo Carlebach on Broadway How odd it is for the media to celebrate the life of Shlomo Carlebach in the form praise for a musical on Broadway about him– on practically the same day...
Whose Fault Is it Anyway? 26 Aug 2013 | 12:55 am
Sam Horowitz (center), his family, and his rabbi - Photo credit: Dallas News It was 1983 – the year of my son’s Bar Mitzvah. I wanted to throw a party. And I did. It was on the Motzi Shabbos of his a...
Abusing Clout 23 Aug 2013 | 11:13 pm
A sex segregated public bus in New York City - Photo Credit: New York Times There is an article in the New York Times that discusses the clout Chasidim in America have achieved. And it does not pain...
The Civil War in Syria - Evil versus Evil 22 Aug 2013 | 11:32 pm
A Syrian man helping a woman as she mourns over the dead bodies of children after an alleged poisonous gas attack fired by regime forces, Photo credit: AP What a terrible neighborhood Israel lives in...
Worthless People 22 Aug 2013 | 04:52 am
Worthless people! I have often been criticized for using term like ‘worthless people’ when it comes to fellow Jews. Especially if they look like Charedim. But that is what these people are. And as Ma...
Exacting Vengeance on the Gentiles? 20 Aug 2013 | 11:33 pm
Breslover Chasdidm in Uman Once again we are treated to the sight of very religious looking Jews acting like a street gang. A statue of a cross with a figure of Jesus on it was defaced by a group of ...
Shas Illuminated – A Disappointment 20 Aug 2013 | 03:24 am
Rabbi Moshe Elefant - Magid Shiur for the OU's Daf Yomi Last year at about this time I welcomed and even lauded a new project called Shas Illuminated. It featured a list of distinguished Talmidei Cha...
The Internet, Halacha, and Olam HaBah 20 Aug 2013 | 02:59 am
Rav Chaim Kanievsky It’s simply not possible. I don’t believe it. Nonetheless it is being reported as fact. Rafi’s blog, Life in Israel, has linked to the Hebrew language website B’Chadrei Charedim t...
Best Wishes and Much Success to R’ Gil 19 Aug 2013 | 11:23 pm
Rabbi Gil Student Rabbi Gil Student has embarked on an ambitious new project. A few weeks ago he has ended his highly successful blog, Hirhurim, and yesterday launched (at the same web address) a new...
Egypt and the Muslim Brotherhood 19 Aug 2013 | 06:46 am
Muslim Brotherhood member Ayman Al Zawahiri It’s very difficult to ignore what is going on in Egypt. Daily news coverage of the army slaughtering fellow Egyptians easily engenders sympathy for the vi...
