I refer to the op-ed “Leadership Saves Lives” (Prime, November 18) wherein Gavriel Meir faults Israeli handling of the corona pandemic by comparing it to Taiwan’s handling of the same,…
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I went to shul feeling sad. I had just heard that Hagaon Harav Dovid Feinstein, zt”l, had been niftar. I did not know Rav Dovid — I may have met…
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Usually, I feel I can rely on Hamodia to present the news in reasonably acceptable English, an aspect of other frum publications which is often a little shaky. Last week’s…
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I read with great dismay and disappointment the conclusion of the article written by Mordechai Schmutter in the Prime magazine preceding the presidential elections; dismay at what the author wrote…
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I should have written this a while ago, but the hectic Yom Tov season made it too difficult. I don’t know your name, but we saw each other in shul…
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There’s nothing like a good conspiracy theory. Who killed John Kennedy? Who killed Martin Luther King? Who killed Malcolm X? Who killed Yitzhak Rabin? Did the coronavirus come from a…
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In this past Weekly edition (November 5), on page 12, Ben Zion Wolff’s opinion contained a passage that struck me: “Long gone are the days when partisan rivals could reach…
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I am not at all worthy of commenting on my Rebbi, shlita, Harav Elya Brudny’s words. However, I would like to offer a perspective that will perhaps help drive home…
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Joel Rebibo’s “On Second Thought” articles are one of my favorite columns. I appreciate his candid and usually upbeat perspective on happenings in Eretz Yisrael. While I admire his effort…
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Few words are as overused and misused as “unprecedented” and “historical.” Yet there are times when these terms are needed. One would be hard-pressed to find a historical parallel on…
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I would like to add an important point to the op-ed titled “Imploding a Myth.” We are increasingly seeing an all-or-nothing approach when it comes to smartphone usage. Those who…
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We all know the syndrome discussed in the editorial “Thinking” (Prime, Sept. 23). Who remembers phone numbers anymore? How many people don’t even talk anymore? They just text. A few…
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I always read Rabbi Yosef Gesser’s “Monuments in Our Backyard” column each week in Hamodia. This week I noticed that Rabbi Gesser [wrote about] a great-great-uncle (from my father’s side),…
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I was really excited to see the letter last week about the beauty of small weddings. I was zocheh to make a chasunah during the corona crisis when all halls…
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In “Uncovered Documents Continue to Build a Case Against Holocaust-Era Pope Pius,” (Hamodia, News Feature, September 2, 2020), Rafael Hoffman mentions newly found documents on the Finaly Affair. Following the…
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I am annoyed that nobody is pointing out that it is possible to safely vote with social distancing if the government wanted it to happen. Here is how it can…
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In a news story titled “Surgeon General Addresses OU Rabbanim Meeting,” that appeared on page 39 of the News section of the September 9 edition, a reference was made to…
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Going through some recent issues of Hamodia (I do that…), I came across a story that amazed me. What amazed me wasn’t so much the content of the story, but…
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In his op-ed about traveling to Uman, Shia Eilen raises the point that it is unimaginable for one to be deprived of their spiritual mentor or source of inspiration, and…
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Chizkiyahu Veiman has been hospitalized in Yerushalayim on a breathing machine for the last nine years. Most of his muscles are too weak to function. He is still able to…
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