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Category Archives: Israel
Almost Every Gadol Of The Early 20th Century Had A Child Who Left The Path
In his third lecture on Rav Elazar Schach for Torah in Motion, historian Marc B. Shapiro says that Rav Schach’s son became a religious Zionist aka Modern Orthodox as opposed to Chareidi aka traditional Orthodox (who are not Zionists, don’t … Continue reading
Israeli Culture
David Brooks writes in the New York Times: …Israelis don’t observe the distinction between the public and private realms. They treat strangers as if they were their brothers-in-law and feel perfectly comfortable giving them advice on how to live. One … Continue reading
Skipping The Second Seder In Israel
Haaretz reports: In the area of Cleveland where Menachem Hecht used to live, two Modern Orthodox synagogues are located right next to each other. The rabbi of one synagogue ruled that people who don’t intend to move to Israel must … Continue reading
Ban Dropped On Women Delivering Eulogies
From The Jerusalem Post: A rabbi in northern Israel who came under attack for what some called blatant male chauvinism agreed this week to stop reproaching women for eulogizing their deceased loved ones. Haim Adani, Rabbi of Elyachin, a town … Continue reading
News From Israel
Gadi Pickholz writes: See HaAretz p. 7 this morning: Jerusalem district court judge Tamar bar Asher-Zaban issues an injunction against new mintsnum in Jerusalem neighborhood of kiryat hayovel, at the request of meretz secular political party and with approval of … Continue reading
Most Disturbing Sentence I’ve Read All Day
Danielle Berrin covers Esquire’s coverage of five Israeli beauties: "Helen of Troy ain’t got squat on these gals." Danielle writes: "Besides being Israeli (and maybe even a little bit Jewish) all five women appear to share Hollywood ambition, either blond … Continue reading
NYT Columnist Roger Cohen Does Sinai Temple
Rob Eshman writes: “New York Times columnist Roger Cohen visited my synagogue Thursday,“ writes Rabbi David Wolpe of Sinai Temple on Huffington Post today. “ All day long the sparks flew and the cultures clashed.“ In a typically lucid and … Continue reading
Are Reform/Conservative Judaism A Separate Religion?
Orthodox Rabbi Reuven Spolter writes: In a "Modest Proposal" styled op-ed piece in the Jerusalem Post, Rabbi David Forman finally throws down the gauntlet. After years of trying to gain recognition from the government as legitimate streams of Judaism and … Continue reading
Aliyah Numbers Way Down
Gadi Pickholz from the Israel Fathers Rights Advocacy Council emails: The Israeli government official report on Aliya was issued today for 2008. 2008 marked the lowest level of Aliya in Israeli history since 1948, with less than 5% the Olim … Continue reading
Israeli Election Post-Mortem
Gadi Pickholz from the Israel Fathers Advocacy Rights Foundation emails: An analysis of the true winners and losers the election, and the implicit trends they represent: 1) Bibi Netanyahu, Livni and Leiberman, and to a lesser extent Barak, have garnered … Continue reading