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Diane Joy Schmidt
Aug 3, 2023, 6:12 AM
What’s the big deal about hate violence?
A jury decided today, August 2, 2023, that the shooter in the Tree of Life Synagogue massacre in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania should be put to death. I recall the enormous international outcry when the shooting happened in 2018, and a...
Etan Golubtchik
Jul 11, 2023, 3:47 PM
When Modern Orthodox Judaism Failed During Covid
In light of Jeffrey Tucker’s recent article, among others, which criticized his tribe of elite libertarians for their failed response to the covid crisis, I would like to offer a detailed critique of my own tribe and its failed...
Shlomo Ezagui
May 7, 2023, 6:22 PM
Rabbi Shimon and the tears of his mother
Here is a little Israeli Trivia. The second most visited religious site in Israel after the Western Wall is the burial site of this great Rabbi in North Israel: Shimon Bar Yochai. Rabban Shimon bar Yochai, also known by his acronym...
Shlomo Ezagui
Apr 16, 2023, 9:11 PM
Four steps to softening and eliminating hardships
Potholes and speed bumps on the road of life… everyone has them. How do we overcome, or at the very least move on, despite the obstacles that give us a real run for our money? The Bible is clear that...
Elchanan Poupko
Jan 13, 2023, 1:04 AM
Can You Take a COVID Test on Shabbat?
While many lives have been saved, and many deaths have been prevented by reducing the severity of the COVID-19 pandemic, the virus is still among us and can cause illness. To prevent the spread and make sure people know...
Naomi Graetz
Oct 28, 2022, 6:50 PM
COVID Lockdown and Noah’s Ark
I wasn’t planning to write a blog this week, but then my favorite (and only) niece wrote me and asked if I was planning to write about Noah’s ark and connect it to the lockdown during COVID. (A great...
Michael Feldstein
Jun 10, 2022, 7:09 PM
Kudos for the congregation kiddush
This month I celebrated a milestone birthday (I am now enrolled in Medicare … yup, it’s that milestone birthday!), and my wife asked me what I wanted to celebrate the occasion. Without hesitation, I told her that I’d like to...
Joseph C. Kaplan
Mar 11, 2022, 1:49 AM
Things That Please Me
A number of months ago, the curmudgeon in me emerged in a column titled “Things that Annoy Me” about, well, things that annoy me. But I usually try to appreciate rather than complain, so here’s a companion column about...
Andrew Silow-Carroll
Feb 21, 2022, 4:51 PM
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Israel’s never-ending, and very human, ‘who is a Jew?’ saga
For years the Chief Rabbinate has had a monopoly on Jewish conversion, barring many Jews in Israel from belonging — new legislation may change that
Hernan Kopcow
Feb 3, 2022, 10:15 AM
Moses the good scientist and the COVIDburning bush
Science, practiced with honesty and integrity, is a source of light and knowledge. Practicing it with honesty implies that when the same scientific method that led to so many technological developments, knowledge, and cures, produces results that call into...
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