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A guest post by JS: There is a tremendous pressure in the shidduch world to make oneself and one's family appear to be perfect. The sli...

A guest post (after a really long break) by JS: There's an old joke that anyone driving slower than you is an imbecile while anyone driv...

A guest post by JS : Here's a little snapshot of what the CIA was like under Bush. It seems that the CIA hired private contractor Black...

A guest post by JS: If this doesn't make you proud to be an American, nothing will. Search for more information about pride at 4torah.co...

A guest post by JS : You can all breathe easy, at least if you live in Israel, the swine flu pandemic is over. A group of courageous rabbis...

A guest post by JS: This post has been percolating for a while in my brain, but a particularly annoying shiur this Shabbos brought it to the...

A guest post by JS: I found this amazing article yesterday about evolution and felt compelled to share it. A scientist has discovered a spec...

A guest post by JS: Can someone verify whether the OU is really involved in this ? I'd like to believe the answer is no, but that seems...

A guest post by JS: You have got to be kidding me. Chareidim are rioting in Jerusalem because a mother who starved her child has been arres...

A guest post by JS : Back on DB's post about prayer, Double Harvard indicated he didn't pray because he found the entire process te...

A guest post by JS on behalf of DYS : A phenomenal article was provided by DYS yesterday about the controversy surrounding Hebrew Nationa...

A guest post by JS : Writers are often told to "write what you know" so it is with that caveat that I admit I'm wandering into...

A guest post by JS: As DB is fond of pointing out, "Rashi is not an anthology of midrashim." Rashi carefully selects each midrash...

A guest post by JS : I've been doing a lot of thinking about the demonstrations in Iran, particularly after the infamous video of Neda b...

A guest post by JS : My wife and I don't have children yet (we've quickly learned that in the Jewish community, it's essential t...

A guest post by JS : In what can only be a sign of incredible boredom by our national news agencies, the BIG STORY is that Barack Obama swat...

A guest post by JS: In honor of the upcoming 65th anniversary of the storming of Normandy, an interesting article . Search for more informat...

A guest post by JS: TO had an interesting post about the limitations on women in the Orthodox world. In the comments of that post, many com...

A guest post by JS: Yesterday, there was a very interesting conversation about the ethical underpinnings regarding whether and how to give t...

A guest post by JS: A brief followup to my previous post entitled " Kashrut isn't just for what goes in your mouth " which was...