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Category Archives: New York
De Blasio’s Welfare-Reform Reversal
A friend says: “Whenever a progressive invokes the word “broken”, run and duck under a desk like a kid in a nuclear war test drill in the 1950s. Cause this time, it’s coming.” Fred Siegel writes: Mayor Bill de Blasio … Continue reading
New York Post Blasts Jews For Lousy Food On UWS
Chaim Amalek writes: “Well, I’ve been to one world’s fair, a picnic, and a rodeo, and that’s the stupidest thing I ever seen on a blog. The problem with this analysis begins with its own numbers, pointing out that 2/3rds … Continue reading
May God save the children of Israel from their leaders
When NYPD Chief William Bratton leaves, and his policies are rolled back, and the crime and chaos begins like before, remember tonight, rabosai. Just like the chasidim, the neo-chasidim pay no heed to rational thinking or reality. Like the regular … Continue reading
The Joys Of Diversity
Chaim Amalek writes: I live on the Upper West Side and I cannot imagine what it would be like without diversity. Who would deliver our Chinese and Thai, if not the Chinese and Hispanic? And who would slice our salmon … Continue reading
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New York Turns Left Into Chaos
Chaim says: “New York City is about to elect an old fashioned John Lindsay style liberal as its mayor, as though it has forgotten all of the hard lessons of the last fifty years. Incredible. I’m starting to see things … Continue reading
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What makes New York the greatest city?
Why do New Yorkers keep repeating this publicly? On what objective basis is this true? What’s the insecurity underlying such a proclamation? People who say weird, unnecessary and untrue things are coming from a broken place. If New Yorkers were … Continue reading
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New Yorkers, San Franciscans Love To Rip LA
When New Yorkers move to LA, they love to criticize LA, its drivers, its fake manners, its lack of a center, etc. I suspect that when Los Angelenos move to New York or anywhere, they’re much less likely to complain … Continue reading
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Yisroel Pensack: New York City Board of Health Vote Scheduled Today on Requiring Informed Consent for Direct Oral-Genital Suction During Infant Circumcision
The New York Times reports: …part of the circumcision ritual, known in Hebrew as metzitzah b’peh [direct oral-genital suction], … is still commonplace in parts of the ultra-Orthodox Jewish community but is rare in other branches of Judaism. The city estimates … Continue reading
Posted in Chabad, Circumcision, Conservative Judaism, Germany, Health, Modern Orthodox, New York, New York Times, Yisroel Pensack
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New York Girls
I never thought much about New York until I got into Judaism. Then I discovered that New York was the center of Jewish life (at least outside of Israel). From 1989-1993, I was largely bedridden by Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and … Continue reading
New York’s Anti-Jewish Crime Wave
The New York Post reports: Hatemongers have targeted Brooklyn’s Orthodox community with a vicious assault, a string of synagogue thefts and anti-Semitic vandalism targeting synagogues and Jewish neighborhoods. In the most disturbing incident, a mob of six black teenagers shouting, … Continue reading
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