JEWISH RIGHT NEEDS TO CONDEMN MARJORIE GREENE
By Moshe Phillips
Why are some right-of-center Jewish groups finding it so difficult to publicly condemn anti-Semitic congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene?
A few, such as the Republican Jewish Coalition and the...
Mussar Game Theory
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com
Today is the 138th Yartzeit of Rav Yisroel Salanter zt”l, founder of the Mussar Movement. It is unfortunate, however, that many people are not...
Abraham Twerski, 90, Hasidic Rabbi And Psychiatrist Who Specialized In Substance Abuse
BY SHIRA HANAU AND BEN HARRIS
Rabbi Dr. Abraham J. Twerski, the scion of multiple Hasidic dynasties, author of more than 60 books, and a physician who became a leading...
How We Made It In Eretz Yisrael
By Meir and Leah Miller, Sanhedriya, Yerushalayim
It was over fifty years ago when my husband, Meir Miller, first came to Eretz Yisrael as a bachur to learn in yeshiva....
Why Many in the Haredi Community Attend Weddings and Funerals and Don’t Socially Distance
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman for 5tjt.com
A number of people aren’t too happy with the Hareidi Jewish community these days. The reason is that they appear to be throwing all...
Do Jewish conservatives still have a home in the post-Trump Republican Party?
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Five months ago Rabbi Alan Sherman appeared in a political ad draped in a prayer shawl and blowing a shofar ”as a wake-up call to all...
Suppression
By Shalom Pollack
I often think how fortunate it is that we have historical records and can thus learn from it and apply it to our current world and lives.
On...
Getting That Shot
The coronavirus pandemic has changed the world as we know it. However, life may slowly creep back to the way it once was, and that is largely due to...
What Do Yeshivas Ponevitch in Bnei Brak, Birthright Israel, and the Republican Party All...
By Rabbi Yair Hoffman
What do Yeshivas Ponovezh, Birthright Israel, and the Republican Party have in common?
They were all of interest to Sheldon Adelson, z’l.
The Ponovezh Yeshiva was established in...
It’s 5am Do You Know Where Your Children Are?
By Yochanan Gordon
This title is of course a play on the 60’s catchphrase coined by TV anchors urging parents to keep their kids sheltered at home from the urban...
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‘Jewish ideas poison people,’ State Department official writes on Christian nationalist blog
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