Dovid Kornreich

An anglo-Haredi blogger who speaks his mind

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Mar 31, 2024, 1:54 PM

One Haredi man’s view on drafting yeshiva boys

An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man and an Israeli soldier praying at the Western Wall in Jerusalem. February 22, 2012. (Uri Lenz/FLASH90)

Jewish sovereignty is not a high priority for us, and it's well below endangering a single Jewish life in order to maintain it

Jan 4, 2022, 3:58 PM

Fool Us Once, Shame On Him. Fool Us Twice, Shame On Us

Julieann Myers – Center for Healthy Change

As a typical father of an Anglo-chareidi family of 7 living in Israel, I am downright angry at the fact that our entire community was utterly duped by a charlatan for 20+ years. Chaim Walder was not just a...

Dec 12, 2021, 12:34 AM

Prudish is Actually Prudent–Neshama Carlebach Sees The Light

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It was a pleasant surprise to read Neshama Carlebach's deeply personal post on her evolving attitudes towards hugging. Knowing well that hugging friends, acquaintances, and even total strangers has been part and parcel of the Carlebach brand of ahavat...

Nov 30, 2021, 5:07 PM

Killing hareidism with patronizing paternalistic kindness

Or, Why the Ultra-Orthodox aren’t rushing to embrace Israel’s new minister of religious services and how it fits into the Hanukkah story. It might seem baffling to many Israelis—even some religious Jews—that the Ultra-Orthodox are rejecting Matan Kahana’s revolutionary reforms....

Nov 11, 2021, 7:26 AM

What They Are Telling The Boys

Daphne Lazar Price wrote a very thought-provoking article on her blog regarding the messages we send to our religious girls and boys regarding gender roles and behavior. I was impressed with her honesty and her willingness to listen. She...

Oct 15, 2021, 9:07 AM

We should embrace Dave Chappelle’s ‘Space Jews’

Dave Chappelle arrives at Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts for the 22nd Annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor in Washington, October 27, 2019. (Owen Sweeney/Invision/AP, File)

The comedian hit on a truth: Jews are in a close relationship with an extra-cosmic Being. As such, we never fully blend in with the terrestrials, and that's a good thing.

Sep 13, 2021, 5:11 PM

Trying to be Jewishly un-Jewish

Of all Rabbi Pass's attempts to Judaize her abortion with traditional Jewish concepts, rituals and prayers, I believe calling it sacred is the most offensive

Oct 7, 2020, 7:52 AM

On the value and futility of protest: Two scandals which rocked secular Israel

I want to discuss two recent scandals in Israel which at first, seem entirely unrelated. One is the heart-rending day care scandal reported in August, where a number of female staff members of a child day care center were caught...

Apr 27, 2018, 2:43 PM

Celebrating the Founding of the State of Israel or Protesting White Privilege

Should all Jews celebrate Yom Ha'atzmaut? I think many Jews have good reason not to. Just as I wouldn't expect Native American Indians celebrate the birth of the country that stripped them of almost everything that was valuable to them;...

Feb 28, 2018, 12:56 AM

Queen Esther: How to be a Strong Jewish Woman in a Man’s World

Many years ago, after it finally dawned on me that there are some quite disturbing adult themes hidden between the lines of the first couple of chapters of the Scroll of Esther, I started to become a little less...

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About Me

Dovid Yitzchak Kornreich grew up in the U.S. and made aliya when he married in 1996. He has been studying Talmud and Jewish thought for over 30 years and has taught a variety of Jewish subjects in two Jewish institutions in Jerusalem for over 15 years. He has an enduring interest in the conflicts between Torah and contemporary thought, specifically Science & Feminism

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