Category Archives: Orthodoxy

Spinka Rav In Town

Posted on January 2, 2008 by Luke Ford

I heard that the Spinka rav Naftali Tzi Weisz, after being released on bond erev shabbos stayed in Los Angeles. At Young Israel of Century City, Rabbi Elazar Muskin made an impassioned speech condemning this public desecration of G-d’s name. … Continue reading →

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Idea of McCain-Lieberman ticket is the buzz at Orthodox parley

Posted on January 1, 2008 by Luke Ford

Sue Fishkoff writes: Radio host Michael Medved, a hardcore Republican, and political scientist David Luchins, former adviser to the late U.S. Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan (D-N.Y.), disagree on just about everything related to the presidential race. Except the idea of … Continue reading →

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Living Together, Working Together

Posted on January 1, 2008 by Luke Ford

Rabbi Yitzhock Adlerstein writes: Jonathan Rosenblum previously speculated in these pages that there are advantages to people living in religiously mixed neighborhoods. Another CC contributor, Rabbi Emmanuel Feldman, made the same point earlier this week in the Jerusalem Post. Here … Continue reading →

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Perhaps Fear Of Blogs Will Deter Those Who Fear Not God?

Posted on January 1, 2008 by Luke Ford

Yossi Ginzberg responds to Rabbi Avi Shafran’s blast against blogs: Yes, all true, but… “If not for the fear (of government sanction) men would eat each other alive” (Avos). By censoring scandals out of the “frum” media, by forcing “Panim … Continue reading →

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Rabbi Avi Shafran: Blogs “Evil,” “Infested,” “Close on the Heels of the Swindlers and Pornographers”

Posted on December 31, 2007 by Luke Ford

From YeshivaWorld (via FailedMessiah, see this related post of mine): There was a time, not terribly long ago, when disturbed individuals bent on broadcasting angry fantasies had only soapboxes in public parks from which to rant. And respectable people knew, … Continue reading →

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