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I’m struggling to convey just how inaccurate and misleading Efrem Goldberg’s criticisms of Harris’s recent remarks about Israel are,  as the...

Remember the famous Chamushim Midrash? The way it was taught to us only one-fifth of the Jewish people left Egypt. But there is much more to...

I'm pleased to report that I had an excellent Yom Kippur. Here are the details: Start: 8:00 AM Finish: 3:00 PM Break: 90 minutes Neillah...

Jack: Why do bad things happen to good people? People who learn and do chesed should be healthy, wealthy, with wonderful things. Why do some...

Observation : The Torah stipulates capital punishment for a child displaying gluttony and disobedience to parents. However, Chazal, in their...

Rabbi Akiva said, "Israel, how fortunate you are! Whose presence sanctifies you? It is your Heavenly Father, as it is written, 'I w...

Rabbi Ysoscher Katz is a talented Rabbi and a fine person, however he tends to rely too much on the contrasting stereotype of litvaks as co...

Pessach is the right time to discuss the most anti-Zionistic midrash of them all, which is based on a verse that appears three times (with s...

If Rambam is right about Divine Providence it is only available for those who have True ideas about God. If he's right about God, nothin...

Trends I do not like: Everyone doing a siyum during the 9 days and using it as an opportunity for partying  Organizations having meat fundra...

Hilel Fuld, a legit public figure, who is therefore fair game, has posted something about antisemitism that seems to me to be full of mistak...

Who says the world was created? Aristotle didn't think it was created. Rambam thought it was, but acknowledged Aristoteles argument had ...

J. David Bleich has a reputation for being an intellectual. It's hard for me to see how that reputation will survive the publication of ...

Believe it or not, there is a liberal approach to reducing abortions: 1) minimum wage that keeps pace with productivity or at least the cost...

On Twitter, I was urged to consider a more sympathetic understanding of the anti-woke people. I tried, but I admit I'm stumped. Maybe yo...

What's so great about being UOJ? "In our country, they say that he who wishes to tell a lie has his witnesses live far away." ...

Them: CANCEL CULTURE IS TERRIBLE AND THE WORST. The woke people are RUINING America!  Also, them: Heyyyy.... I don't like how Jews or ...