Lincoln and the Jews

From Abraham Lincoln and the Jews: Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States, whose 200th birthday we are observing, was a protector and friend for the Jews “In the midst of a civil war of unequaled magnitude and severity.” At the outset of the Civil War the Jewish Community faced official discrimination as [...]

A Yeshivish Fourth of July to All

Gettysburg Address – English Version Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so [...]

Heal thyself

How and what should orthodox Jews report and comment on events that affect our world? A few weeks ago I commented here on a post in which discussion turned to broad-gauged condemnation of the orthodox media, as follows: [W]hat you really object to, and not without justification, is what often seems like simple-mindedness in the [...]

Jewish Media Coverage of the Torah Observant World

The Jewish Week ( “JW”) caters to LW MO and gives some token space to Chabad. It has long had no use for the RW MO world and only negatives for the Charedi world and now seems as if its role on Middle East affairs is ala ultra left. Like it or not, one learns [...]

A Challenge to Religious Liberals

By David Klinghoffer Over at the interesting website Beyond Teshuva, devoted to issues raised by Jews returning from secularism to Judaism, Kressel Housman comes “out of the closet” as…a liberal. As someone “raised on liberal values,” she reflects: I know liberalism is unpopular in frum [religious] circles, and I know there are good reasons for [...]

I Think I Owe a Big Thank You to Susie Essman

I owe a big thank you to Susie Essman. Yes, you read right—Susie Essman, the vulgar fouled mouthed comedienne now staring in the forthcoming Hallmark Hall of Fame documentary “Loving Leah.” Its not because she makes me laugh—believe me, she doesn’t, but Essman reminds me of why I am here and why I want to [...]

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