Category Archives: R. Yitzhock Adlerstein

Rabbis: Why We Shouldn’t Force Hasidic Jews To Offer Secular Education

There’s not a word in this essay about what is plainly in America’s interests. Clearly, America benefits from a population that is literate in its national language, English, and knows basic math and history and other secular subjects well enough … Continue reading

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“Right, Left and the Jews: The Torah Community and the Future of American Politics”

Rabbi Yitzchok Alderstein writes: While the nation struggles to make sense out of an election season more bizarre than any live American has seen, we recognize that this campaign is fraught with dangers that impact our community in particular. The … Continue reading

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R. Yitzhok Alderstein: ‘What I Learned at the Ulmer Institute Inaugural’

Rabbi Adlerstein writes: Decades ago, too long ago for most of us to remember, Jews and African-Americans enjoyed a close strategic alliance. The marriage broke up horribly. Blacks felt that they had been dealt with paternalistically, and also resented a … Continue reading

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Rabbis: Mideast Christians Deserve U.S. Refuge

The rabbis don’t bother to argue that this immigration will be good for America. That argument does not come up in their essay. That does not interest them. What does interest them? “Success in dealing with the first wave of … Continue reading

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