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Moshe-Mordechai van Zuiden

Jul 6, 2018, 2:13 PM

Understanding Donald Trump for Left-Wing intellectuals

I continue to read and hear nonsense by sophisticated Left-Wingers. Let me try again to clarify. 1. Workers -- Donald Trump is on a four-year election tour for 2020. That's his first priority. Since everyone, friend and foe, predicted that...

Jul 6, 2018, 11:54 AM

For some Jews it’s still not safe to be out and proud

Jewish News celebrated the 10 LGBT+ trailblazers in the community, posting a photo of myself and my friends with our youth movement flag at London’s last pride. Somehow the pages of a Jewish newspaper felt a more daunting space...

Jul 5, 2018, 3:48 PM

This will be a very proud weekend for LGBT+ Jews

This Friday night, hundreds of LGBT+ Jews and others will gather at West London Synagogue for a special service to mark Pride in London. The next morning, KeshetUK – the organisation working so no one has to choose between their Jewish and LGBT+...

Jul 1, 2018, 7:20 PM

Why I need Pride and why you do too

What do they have to be proud of anyway? Ok, we get it. You sleep with men, why do you need a parade? There isn't a straight parade pride so why is there one for gays? When you ask questions in an...

Jun 25, 2018, 6:26 PM

My Love Letter to Hannah Senesh

I majored in history as an undergraduate at Youngstown State University, and was privileged to take several classes with noted Jewish scholar and author Dr. Saul Friedman. When I took his course on the Holocaust as a nineteen-year-old, he asked...

Zachary Schrieber

Jun 20, 2018, 3:59 AM

The OU's lack of financial transparency

Illustrative: Director of the Orthodox Union's Advocacy Center Nathan Diament speaks at a press conference on the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, July 16, 2014. (Courtesy)

As the Orthodox Union expands its role, it must make crystal clear that all its dealings are kosher

Jun 19, 2018, 6:50 AM

Dear Frum People

I’m part of this fascinating Facebook group called “Frum/OTD Dialogue,” which has been growing rapidly since I joined a few months ago. While the content of the group is for members only, I was inspired by a question that...

Jun 14, 2018, 12:30 PM

We need to talk about Tel Aviv Pride

Tel Aviv Gay Pride Parade, from TLV in LDN's Instagram feed. (Courtesy)

Beyond the rainbow glow of Israel's most successful LGBTQ+ event ever is a world of toxic discrimination

Moshe-Mordechai van Zuiden

Jun 14, 2018, 11:58 AM

Should we be nice to the rabbis about homosexuality?

Marty Moseson posted what I consider a very worthy and important comment to an earlier blog post by me. Here is his whole reaction (slightly edited): As a man attracted to the same sex, I disagree with you completely. First...

Jun 12, 2018, 3:49 PM

North Korea: Why it’s a global game changer

For some years now I have been telling anyone who might listen – and they have been precious few – that the tectonic plates are shifting. Europe and European civilization is waning on the express track. Childless societies dependent...

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