Martin Polack

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Dec 10, 2022, 12:42 PM

Anntisemitism – Blessing within a Curse

Antisemitism is God’s plan to prevent the Jews from fully assimilating. In the section of the Torah known as the “Tochehah”, the “Curses”, (Dvarim 28:65), it is written, “Among these nations you will find no ease, neither shall the...

Aug 24, 2021, 10:16 PM

Time To Leave The Democratic Party

It’s time to leave the Democrat Party. For decades, Jews have aligned themselves with the Democrat Party because we believed that our values of social justice, racial equality, caring for the oppressed and the poor were in line with...

Jun 7, 2021, 5:54 PM

The catastrophe of American Jewry and your role in redemption

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It's official: The Orthodox are growing in strength and numbers while the rest are on the wane. But self-satisfaction is the worst possible response

Mar 1, 2021, 7:32 AM

Judaism Trumps Contemporary Progressive Society

Reviewing: “Judaism Straight Up: Why Real Religion Endures,” by Moshe Koppel PhD, Maggid Books, Publishers 2020 Moshe Koppel has written a fascinating, witty, profound book addressed mainly to those who have wrestled with the problem of maintaining deep traditional religious...

Dec 11, 2020, 6:10 PM

Has the Pandemic diminished Religious Feeling?

Over these 10 months of the Pandemic, when Shuls closed for a few months, then slowly reopened; with some minyanim in outdoor parking lots, and some in neighbors’ backyards; always with social distancing and masks; often without the uniting...

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Martin Polack is a business analyst who spends his spare time involved with adult Jewish education.