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May 29, 2017, 8:30 PM
Is It Good for the Jews?
As my regular readers and social media “friends” can attest, I have taken a break from posting publicly and ranting about issues that concern me. I am suffering from PTSD -- Post Trump Stress Disorder. Besides, anything I write...
Mar 19, 2017, 4:45 AM
Dayenu
If only we had a populist to run for the presidency, Dayenu. If only the populist was also a television personality who never held public office, Dayenu. If only the populist crushed 16 other party candidates on the way to the...
Jan 13, 2017, 9:45 PM
What Did God Know, and When Did He Know It?
“For a thousand years in your sight are but as yesterday when it is past.” – Psalm 90:4 This oft quoted phrase from the Tehillim, the Book of Psalms, is used by religionists as a metaphor for everything from the smallness...
Jan 5, 2017, 6:51 PM
You Broke My Heart, Fredo
I always know that I struck a cord publishing these posts when once in a while I piss off the people who usually agree with me and please the ones that don’t. My last column entitled “Obama’s Betrayal” made...
Dec 26, 2016, 6:52 AM
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Obama’s betrayal
In one pen-stroke of abstention, the US president has tarnished his 8 years of cool, grace, and lack of scandal
Dec 18, 2016, 8:48 PM
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I guess I’m a kapo too
David Friedman is just a product of his US Orthodox background, but maybe that tough-guy stance will help make peace
Nov 10, 2016, 11:07 PM
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Despite the boasting, right-wing Orthodox Jews did not elect Trump
He's an elitist, leftist, out-of-touch liberal, but he's got data to show right-wing Jews didn't elect the new prez
Oct 27, 2016, 9:08 PM
Yizkor
I think it will be no surprise to readers of my blog posts that I am an avid reader of the Off the Derech (formerly Orthodox) genre of books that have proliferated in the past few years. If you...
Oct 23, 2016, 7:09 AM
Hosanna
Some years ago when fully immersed in Orthodox practice I went out into the chilly fall night wrapped in a sweater and blanket, sat in my sukkah and read the whole book of Psalms. It is customary to read...
Oct 21, 2016, 9:24 AM
Sukkot without a Sukkah
A journey, particularly a religious one does not begin when you start to express yourself in mid-life. It begins, frankly, at the genesis. My own is of course unique, subject to my own personal history but shared, particularly with...
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Joel Moskowitz is a businessman and writer who lives in New York City. His blog, The Ranting Heeb can be read at http://therantingheeb.blogspot.com
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