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Monthly Archives: September 2016
The Goyim In Jewish Jurisprudence
Torah law makes no provision for non-Jewish citizenship in the Jewish state. Generally speaking, a goy cannot serve as a valid witness in a Jewish law court. Texts written by gentiles are rarely cited in the Torah tradition. It is … Continue reading
The Jewish Question
Jews have been in Europe for more than a millenia but they remain a distinct people. So why should anyone expect Muslims to integrate into the West? That’s naive. There’s no reason to expect that Arabs will become normal citizens … Continue reading
Trump & The Jewish Question
I thought “The Jewish Question” was whether Jews could be full citizens of gentile countries while retaining their membership in the worldwide nation of Jewry. Rabbi Avi Shafran writes: One needn’t be a supporter of Mr. Trump, though, to recognize … Continue reading
Satmar: Do They Take Us For Fools?
Rabbi Yitzchok Adlerstein writes: I was puzzled by the anguished responses of some of my friends to the videos of children at two Satmar camps being indoctrinated in the fine art of hatred of Zionists. Publicized on Yeshiva World News, … Continue reading
Illusions of Objectivity
Rabbi Avi Shafran writes: Some American journalists assigned to the political beat are having a hard time. Their dilemma is named Donald Trump, a man they don’t feel they can cover objectively. Those troubled are reporters with a liberal bent, … Continue reading
The Ellul Challenge
Rabbi Yitzchok Adlerstein writes: “If they understood the effect the chiming of the church bells had on the Jewish soul, they would never stop them.” So observed a Torah sage of a different generation, when the grandeur and power of … Continue reading
The Trump Tallis and Outsider Journalism
Rabbi Yitzhok Adlerstein writes: When a black pastor in Detroit draped a tallis around the shoulders of The Donald, Jewish tongues started clucking with disapproval. “Cultural appropriation!” “He’s an anti-Semite!” Notably, the vehemence, as best as I could tell, all … Continue reading
Conservatism In Crisis
Rabbi Avi Shafran writes: The alt-right’s “intellectual godfather,” in many eyes, is Jared Taylor. Although he characterizes himself as a “white advocate,” he strongly rejects being labeled racist, contending that his “racialism” is “moderate and commonsensical,” a benign form of … Continue reading
Jill Soloway: ‘Any Moment That I Have to Call Trump Out for Being an Inheritor to Hitler, I Will’
Celebrity Rabbi, Asked to Pray for GOP, Picks Mourner’s Prayer
Should not the Jennifer Rubins of the pundit world be replaced by right-wing pundits of the variety that the voters actually support? Or should WAPO continue to pretend to have right-wing commentators when they only have jesters? What will that … Continue reading