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February 25, 2016
Have Some Pity on the Anti-Semite!
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In memory of Barbara Freudmann, Bayla bat Avraham z”l,
who passed away on 2 Cheshvan 5776 / October 15, 2015
“Some people like Jews and some do not; but no thoughtful man can doubt the fact
that they are beyond all question the most formidable and the most
remarkable race which has ever appeared in the world.”
Winston Churchill (1)
The anti-Semitic world has a hard time with us...
February 18, 2016
Shut Down the Kotel!
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In memory of Barbara Freudmann, Bayla bat Avraham z”l,
who passed away on 2 Cheshvan 5776 / October 15, 2015
With utter astonishment I have been following the debate about the Kotel.
I was not planning to write about this, because by now the issue has sparked so much debate of such low quality that it has embarrassed Judaism, the Jewish people and the Kotel itself.
But since ma...
February 15, 2016
Video Recordings of the Spinoza Symposium in Amsterdam
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February 11, 2016
Mission Statement of the David Cardozo Academy – A Remorseless Judaism
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In memory of Barbara Freudmann, Bayla bat Avraham z”l,
who passed away on 2 Cheshvan 5776 / October 15, 2015
The establishment of the State of Israel, together with the challenges that modernity has presented to the Jewish people – in Israel and elsewhere in the world – have confronted Judaism with a reality unlike any other that it has encountered for nearly 2,000 years. In r...
February 4, 2016
Milk and Meat: The Dangerous Mixture – Parshat Mishpatim
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In memory of Barbara Freudmann, Bayla bat Avraham z”l, who passed away
on 2 Cheshvan 5776 / October 15, 2015
There is one law in the Jewish tradition that no doubt has puzzled many scholars: that which prohibits the mixing of milk and meat. Its source is found in the Torah (1), but no clue is provided as to its meaning.
Strangely enough, it is this mysterious law that has had th...
January 28, 2016
Halacha as the Art of Playing Chess – Divine Insanity
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In memory of Bayla bat Avraham z’’l, who passed away on 2 Cheshvan 5776/October 15, 2015There is probably no game as difficult and captivating as chess. Millions of people break their heads over strategies to win this game and spend years learning its ins and outs. It holds them captive as nothing else does. They dream about it and discuss the move of one single pawn as if the...
January 21, 2016
Am I Still Orthodox? – Answer to a Jerusalem Rabbi
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In memory of Dafna Meir who lost her life in a terrorist attack on Sunday, 7 Shevat 5776; January 17, 2015
Recently, a Jerusalem Rabbi challenged my suggestion to lift the ban on famous philosopher apostate Baruch Spinoza, which was pronounced by the rabbis and leaders of the Portuguese-Spanish Community in Amsterdam on July 27, 1656 (The Jerusalem Post Magazine, “Letters,” Janu...
January 14, 2016
The Desecration of Halacha
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Judaism is in trouble. More and more of the unacceptable is being done and said in its name. It’s causing not only infinite damage to Judaism’s great message but also a terrible desecration of God’s name. What’s worse is that all of this is displayed in front of millions of gentiles watching television, browsing websites or listening to the radio. Many are repelled when they wit...
January 7, 2016
The Threat of Freedom
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Freedom can be a very dangerous commodity.
When reading the story of the Exodus from Egypt, we are confronted with a strange phenomenon: the mashchit (destroyer). After the Jews were told to mark their doorposts with the blood of the korban pesach (paschal lamb), they were informed that God would pass over their doors “and He will not allow the destroyer (ha-mashchit) to enter y...
