Douglas Aronin is a retired attorney living in Forest Hills, Queens, who is continuing his lifelong involvement in the Jewish community. His writings have appeared in a wide range of print and online forums.

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September 27, 2016
1:10 am

Esperanto and the Jewish Question: Some thoughts about language

Remember Esperanto? Okay, maybe I'm being a little unfair. Many readers, I suspect, have never heard of Esperanto -- the artificially constructed language that some nineteenth and twentieth century utopians......

September 14, 2016
10:23 am

Day schools and the Orthodox future

With the school year beginning, we can expect again to hear a great deal about what has in recent years become something of an obsession in much of the organized Jewish community -- what is sometimes......

August 8, 2016
12:52 pm

The Scariest Part of the Trump Campaign

The furor arising out of Donald Trump's blatant disrespect for Khizr and Ghazala Khan, the Muslim couple whose son, Captain Humayan Khan, was killed in action in Iraq twelve......

July 16, 2016
1:48 am

Of modern technology and ancient surgery: thoughts of an absent grandfather

My new grandson recently had a brit milah (ritual circumcision). His parents, together with many of their friends and family members, celebrated his entry into the covenant of the......

June 20, 2016
6:37 am

Exploring the inexplicable: Thoughts on the presidential election

Maybe Flint, Michigan isn't the only place in this country with something strange in the water. How else can we explain the fact that Donald Trump is......

May 8, 2016
9:50 am

A modest proposal, second try

Last year, in honor of Yom HaAtzmaut, I posted a modest proposal -- that all Jews who consider themselves pro-Israel should set aside Yom HaAtzmaut as a 24-hour period in which......

April 21, 2016
6:46 am

Disgrace and praise: A pre-Pesach reflection

The conquest of Canaan had been completed. Each of the tribes had received its allotted portion of the Land. The tribes of Reuben and Gad, and the half-tribe of......

April 2, 2016
10:12 am

The Last Threads of Magic Carpet: a Zionist reminder

With Islamist terrorism taking a horrific toll in Europe, with the countries of the European Union bickering over which of them should accept more refugees from the war-torn regions......

February 24, 2016
7:21 am

Nisan vs. January: Perspectives on Remembering the Holocaust

I have to admit that it took me by surprise. As far as I knew, the only day set aside for remembering the victims of the Holocaust was Yom......

January 28, 2016
8:59 pm

As the Presidential race begins for real

"I am not a member of any organized political party," Will Rogers, the great American humorist, famously quipped. "I am a Democrat." Like most political humor, his characterization......

December 7, 2015
3:41 pm

“Not with a bang but a whimper”: A final look at the Pollard affair

"Not with a bang but a whimper." T.S. Elliot's famous phrase, in its original context, describes the end of the world. I'm not particularly apocalypse-oriented, so I won't......

September 22, 2015
8:03 am

Motivation and Repentance: A Thought for Yom Kippur

It had been a rough day, the fitting culmination of a rough week. Come to think of it, the whole summer had been a rough one -- well, you get......

July 27, 2015
11:00 pm

The decline of judicial restraint: Some thoughts on recent decisions

I must admit that Chief Justice John Roberts is growing on me. While I never doubted his legal competence, and I believed that he deserved Senate confirmation, I feared that......

July 1, 2015
6:47 am

Learning from a three-year-old: A grandfather’s thoughts

Based on my admittedly limited experience, being a grandparent is one of the few things in life that really is as good as it's cracked up to be. On this past Sunday, I......

June 21, 2015
9:59 am

Scandal or tragedy? Some thoughts on the burdens of leadership

Oh, no, here we go again. That was my instinctive reaction when I first saw the headline “The Rabbi and the Sauna” on the front page of the Metropolitan section......

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