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Robert L. Wolkoff

Jul 6, 2018, 11:18 PM

Liberal Jews Cause Earthquakes. Who Knew?

It is no coincidence that Parshat Pinchas, which centers on blind zealotry, always comes during the build up to Tisha B’av, which commemorates the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem—which was destroyed, the rabbis tell us, because of sinat...

Sharona Margolin Halickman

Jul 6, 2018, 8:37 PM

Guess who was not involved in the sin of the spies?

When we speak about Chet HaMiraglim, the sin of the spies, we mention that Yehoshua and Calev were the only two of the twelve spies who did not bring a false report and they were therefore not punished as...

Jul 6, 2018, 12:55 AM

The lost masterpiece

Illustrative: Michal Baratz Koren's portrait of the five daughters of Zelophehad, who first raised before Moses the case of a woman’s right and obligation to inherit property in the absence of a male (Courtesy, Michal Baratz Koren)

If women like Zelophehad's daughters had gone out to spy the land, they'd never have spoken negatively of it (Pinchas)

Jul 4, 2018, 8:19 PM

I was a draft-dodger

Illustrative: Soldiers of the IDF's ultra-Orthodox Netzah Yehuda Battalion sit in a field at the Peles Military Base, in the Northern Jordan Valley. (Yaakov Naumi/Flash90)

Where the South African army was an instrument of racism, the ultra-Orthodox have nothing to complain about

Marie van der Zyl

Jul 3, 2018, 11:48 AM

Ofsted must take a less aggressive approach to Charedi schools

I have been deeply alarmed over recent weeks and months at the increasing hostility emerging between the educational authorities – particularly Ofsted – and our Charedi community. Many Jewish schools have an excellent relationship with the educational authorities, with a...

Moshe-Mordechai van Zuiden

Jul 3, 2018, 3:16 AM

One Orthodox rabbi can make a huge difference

One Orthodox rabbi can make a huge difference, even if he can't change Jewish Law on his own. At least, he makes people say: what a great person he is. That is the most important Commandment a Jew can...

Richard H. Schwartz

Jul 2, 2018, 11:09 PM

My Response to an Article Claiming “The Left is the Greatest Existential Threat Facing Israel”

This article is a response to an article, “The Left is the greatest existential threat facing Israel,” that appeared in the Arutz Sheva Israel National News publication on July 2, 2018. 1. A very strong majority of Democratic politicians strongly...

Jul 2, 2018, 4:59 PM

British values have become a fundamentalist doctrine

David Brown’s Jewish News article last week does not reflect the ethos of Jewish schools or how the ‘British values’ agenda has been enforced. As Orthodox Jews, our community is proud to demonstrate two fundamental values: respect and tolerance....

Ariel Ben Avraham

Jun 30, 2018, 11:40 PM

Parshat Pinchas: The powerful of the jealousy of goodness

“Pinchas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, has turned My wrath away from the children of Israel, in that he was very jealous for My sake among them so that I consumed not the children...

Jun 28, 2018, 4:06 PM

A people that dwells alone

Balaam and the Ass (Pieter Lastman / public domain)

Ever notice how when Jews assimilate, anti-Semitism increases -- and vice versa? (Balak)

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