It’s A Package Deal
By Shira Yael Klein
Beitar Illit
While I was a seminary student here in Eretz Yisrael, it became increasingly clear to me that I wanted to live here, so I kept...
Seidemann: When Democracy Becomes Hypocrisy
I begin by wishing a happy birthday to my third daughter, who turned 20 this week. Who would have believed that when she turned 20 in the year 2020...
Telling Secrets In Public
By Yochanan Gordon
What follows is a secret in the sense that it is being written for a specific purpose, to a specific, undisclosed person; however, the message is universal...
Out Of Many, One
By Yochanan Gordon
“E Pluribus Unum” is a Latin phrase that appears on the dollar bill, which means out of many, one.
Yom Kippur, which is within a week away, is...
The Way It Is: Irony and Iron Will
Determined as I am to stay off the topic of city-wide protests and riots, and unwilling to watch any television news, by necessity, my focus here must shift to...
Esther’s Way: Unmasking The ‘New Anti-Semitism’ On Campus
By Rabbi Benji Levy
A few weeks ago, I woke up to a flurry of messages from my students in Australia asking how swastikas could taint the iconic Bondi beach...
War Of Words In Israel: Are ‘Annex,’ ‘Occupier’ Right Terms?
By Scott Feltman
Questions of “annexation” have taken center-stage lately. Since the revealing of President Donald Trump’s Peace Plan, pundits and politicians have been asking: Should Israel annex “Area C,”...
Head And Shoulders
This isn’t sponsored content by Procter & Gamble for Head and Shoulders shampoo. As someone who has been selling advertising for this newspaper for over a decade and a...
Israel’s Judicial Tyranny Perpetuates “White Privilege”
By Ron Jager
Leaders of Israel’s progressive left, the heads of the military-industrial/hi-tech complex, the Supreme Court and Court of Appeals, the judicial system, and governmental offices manned by self-appointed...
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There are basically two kinds of questions on a driving permit test. There’s “Yeah, that one’s obvious,” and there’s, “How am I supposed to...
Empty Skies, Empty Seats
As summer turns to autumn, the Hebrew month of Elul sweeps in, bringing with it a tide of hope and renewal. Elul marks the...
Daf Yomi And Agadita: Roots And Uproots
By Rabbi Aaron I. Reichel, Esq.
One of the stories of agadita (Rabbinic folklore) that we studied last weekend (Bava Basra 73-75) that is particularly...