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Chaim Frankenhuis

Jun 16, 2025, 12:13 AM

Historic Knesset meeting to reclaim Josephs Tomb

Knesset meeting
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Historic Knesset Meeting: Ending Oslo Betrayal and Reclaiming Joseph’s Tomb for the Jewish People June 12, 2025 — After decades of disgraceful surrender and government failure, the Knesset finally held a crucial session on Thursday demanding the full, permanent restoration...

Michael Feldstein

Jun 14, 2025, 12:18 AM

Carrying the Mantle of Rabbi Dr. Norman Lamm

For a long time, Orthodox rabbis have struggled with the question of whether or not to address social and political issues from the pulpit – and how best to do it. The answer depends in part on the rabbi’s...

Jun 13, 2025, 2:05 PM

The Torah Talks… 17 Sivan 5785 / 13 June 2025

The sages of old would delve deeply into the Torah every day to find messages of contemporary relevance that would guide them in their activities from day to day. Today's Torah reading, the sixth day of the week, corresponds to...

Naftali Rothenberg

Jun 12, 2025, 2:30 PM

Will a Peace Movement Arise from the Yeshivas?

The crisis of conscription of yeshiva students into the IDF was born with the state, will accompany us for the foreseeable future and has no equitable and fair solution. The basic view of most Torah scholars of their generations...

William Barclay

Jun 10, 2025, 7:11 AM

Canada’s Jews Are Being Punished for Israel’s Politics

The entrance to Congregation Beth Tikvah in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, following an antisemitic attack, December 18, 2024
(photo credit: SIMON-MARC CHARRON/RADIO CANADA)

On June 1st 2025, a pro-Palestinian terrorist attacked a Jewish event in Boulder, Colorado and severely injured 12 innocent people with a variety of firebombs, as well as a flamethrower. Moreover, less than two weeks before the horrific terrorist attack...

Jun 8, 2025, 5:48 PM

Firing the Gatekeepers: Levin’s Constitutional Coup Is Now in Full Swing

What Yariv Levin calls judicial reform has, in truth, become a methodical dismantling of Israel’s constitutional framework. On 8 June 2025, the cabinet officially approved a resolution enabling a ministerial panel to dismiss Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara—bypassing the legally...

Jun 8, 2025, 4:58 PM

Who is the rejectionist now?

"The Arabs never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity," said Abba Eban in the 1970s, describing the refusal of the Arab world to compromise with Israel even though it was palpably in their interest to do so. However,...

Bob Avraham Yermus

Jun 8, 2025, 4:53 PM

The Bog that is Politics

A few posts ago, I wrote about the haredi draft issue (“Draft Dodger Wet Rag”). That was about the issue of not serving in and of itself. Since then, due to an inability to come to an agreement with...

Sam Lehman-Wilzig

Jun 6, 2025, 1:31 PM

Politics Isn’t the Only News

Imagine an alien coming down to Earth for some “anthropological” study. The larger universities have 40-50 departments, each specializing in a different subject or field of life. One is Political Science; perhaps another is International Relations; all the others...

Jun 5, 2025, 5:39 PM

Naso and the Need Laset Banetel (to Share or Bear the Burden)

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At the time of this writing, the Israeli government stands on the brink of collapse over a long-simmering and unresolved crisis: the issue of chok hagiyus (חוק הגיוס)—the draft law. It’s also referred to, depending on one’s perspective, as...

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