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Opening the Ears of the Deaf
Netanyahu, Gantz: Do the Honorable Thing
If Binyamin Netanyahu and Benny Gantz, respectively Israel’s Prime Minister and alternate Prime Minister, had the country’s best interests in mind they would call a press conference and announce new…
A Vacation From COVID
After months of negotiations (during days off from campaigning), Democrats and Republicans are still far apart on the size and shape of assistance urgently needed by millions of Americans. Speaker…
Exclusive: The Soul of Every Living Thing
Words of praise and thanks to Hashem “Were our mouth as full of song as the sea, and our tongue as full of joyous song as its multitude of waves,…
Free At Last
I vividly recall the day over thirty years ago when I was invited to a meeting at the home of the Klein family in Flatbush to meet with Professor Morris…
A Plea for Sanity
As a member of the federalist society and the NRA, and a well-known former Republican Party official, Judge Matthew Brann has impeccable conservative credentials. Theoretically, this federal Judge ought to…
A Vaccination for the Hate Virus
Discrimination comes in two forms. It’s giving preferential treatment to some, or prejudicial treatment to others. Unfortunately we’ve seen both forms directed at the chareidi public in Israel. Take, for…
NO MITZVAH IS MINOR
During World War II, an askan in New York expended enormous effort to send matzos to non-religious Jewish soldiers in the American army. After Pesach, he was devastated to learn…
Elections and Emunah
In a world captivated by unfolding political events, it behooves us to reflect on the proper perspective we should have from the viewpoint of Emunas HaTorah. As we say in…
Longing for Home
When then-President Obama was running for the presidency, I heard a prominent ehrlicher lawyer say, “If he gets in, I’m moving to Eretz Yisrael.” (Obama did. He didn’t.) Recently, I…
Leadership Saves Lives
Why are some countries successful at battling the coronavirus and others, like Israel, not? Take Taiwan, for instance. This is a country of 23 million — more than two and…
Picking Up the Pieces
Yesterday on the way to work I overheard a very cute little girl asking her father a question. “Daddy, is an election like a zoo?” she wanted to know. “Yes,”…
Opinion: Time Is Running Out for Trump – And Republicans Who Coddle Him
As of this writing, the Republican Party has not suffered permanent damage to its integrity and reputation because of President Donald Trump’s post-election rampaging. This will not be true much…
Closed for Election Day
They are expected to come on Tuesday; sometimes right after midnight, sometimes in the morning. On rare occasions, they first make their appearance Tuesday evening, but by the time we…
OPINION: Forgetting to Remember
Two years after the deadliest anti-Semitic attack in U.S. history, the Jewish community in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh is planning to commemorate the yahrtzeit of the 11 victims…
Let Our People Work
There are only two ways to govern — through force or through collaboration. From the settlers’ first cry against taxation without representation, this country has always ruled by the latter.…
Does That Star Spangled Banner Yet Wave?
During the coronavirus red-zone lockdown in Brooklyn, I bought some items at a store that just narrowly missed being shuttered. The Russian clerk behind the counter griped that he only…
Squeaky Clean
Since when is American policy to be dictated by someone’s dying wish? Only when that someone is a left-wing Supreme Court justice whose policies align with the Democrats in an…
Another Needless COVID Casualty
Ask any parent or educator of a child with autism what the most critical component for their development is – the answer will always be stability and consistency. Children with…
Unity Is the Call of the Hour
“I have met the enemy, and it is us.” This statement was uttered by a cartoon character. Too tragic a truth. This is very timely, especially in Israel. The Midrash…