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Opinion: Rabbi Yoel Schonfeld and The Vaad Of Queens V. The Soloveichik Family?
I recently read the widely circulated article concerning the Streits matzo controversy. Although I am completely an unbiased reader (I have never met any of the individuals the article gravitates around), I am nevertheless bothered by the glaring fact that there are many deafening, yet completely unanswered questions... Read more »
British Bnei Akiva Meets Last Surviving Witness of the Declaration of Israel’s Independence
This week, British participants of World Bnei Akiva's Hachshara programme went to Kiryat Moshe to meet with Arieh Handler in his home. As well as rescuing dozens of children during the Second World War from Nazi Germany, Arieh also established Bnei Akiva in the United Kingdom... Read more »
Opinion: Obama’s Threat to the Middle East Balance of Power
Opinion: As commentator Jonathan Tobin recently stated, President Obama’s Cairo speech was “morally unserious.” Read more »
The Streits Matzo Controversy- Needs Further Investigation?
There are many deafening, yet completely unanswered questions surrounding the Streits matzo controversy. Read more »
Aboriginal Rights to Israel
For over sixty years, there has been a bitter dispute over the unwillingness of most Muslims and Arabs to accept the legitimacy and permanence of Israel as an independent Jewish State in the Middle East. In this connection, Yasser Arafat and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad have denied that the Jews are a People... Read more »
Israel and New Realities
Because of its periodic need to accommodate other countries, the US will find itself in disagreement with Israel, not because these countries will necessarily be unfriendly to Israel and its interests, but because they have their own interests that don’t always match those of the US or of Israel. Read more »
Grandpa’s Cadillac Drives My Freedom
When my grandfather arrived at Ellis Island, Davidovich became Davidson on the spot, Chatche became Harry, and Grandpa became an American. Hearing that a city called Detroit needed workers so badly that they were paying $5 per day, he travelled to toil at the Ford’s factory in Highland Park. At night, he apprenticed for his plumber’s license and eventually opened a plumbing supply on Linwood Avenue in Detroit. Read more »
When Does Criticizing Israel Become Anti-Semitic?
Many individuals in the Western and Islamic Worlds have a blind spot that prevents them from recognizing Anti-Semitism in other toxic manifestations. Read more »
A Critique of Eco Judaism
By sacrificing man in a vain effort to improve nature we anger Hashem by worshiping the idol of environmentalism. Read more »
Yemen government breaks promises to relocated Jews
The religious leader of Yemeni Jews relocated by the government to the capital city from the northern province of Sa’ada to protect them from a radical Shia group says that promises to take care of them have been broken. Read more »
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