Posts Tagged: orthodox Jews
Stop Picking on the Chassidim
The Orthodox Jewish community of New York is under attack. In just a few days, a 63-year-old Chassidic grandfather was beaten with a brick, another was...
How Can So Many in the Orthodox Community Refuse a Basic Education to Their Children?
Earlier this week, I briefly visited New York for a wedding -- and, once again, I came face-to-face with the controversy that continues to rage...
The True Face of American Antisemitism Is Primarily Anti-Orthodox
JNS.org - If you’re Jewish, how afraid should you be of being a victim of a violent antisemitic hate crime? In the wake of the...
Orthodox Jewish Man Assaulted With Belt in Brooklyn in Third Such Attack in a Week
In the third such attack within a week, an Orthodox Jewish man has been assaulted in Brooklyn. New York’s local CBS affiliate reported that the attack...
Religio-Fascism and the Israeli Right-Wing
I have often expressed my frustration with politics -- in particular, Israeli politics. I dislike dogma and extremism on both sides. This week, I am...
Orthodox and Conservative Jews Should Be Natural Allies
JNS.org - Jewish tradition holds that the Second Temple was destroyed by baseless hatred. Since we’re currently in the annual three-week mourning period for the...
To Keep Young Jews, We Must Tell Them to Question Their Teachers
For me, it is a great privilege to dedicate my life to Jewish education, and I wouldn't exchange it for anything else. But I have...
A Special Purim — and a Time for Jewish Unity
These are times of worldwide social and political upheaval. Predictably, Jews are immediately brought to the forefront, and antisemitism rages. Historically, when we encounter a...
My Controversy With the Mainstream Orthodox Community
When I was about 14 years old, I was drawn to Judaism for reasons I have discussed earlier. We lived in a small town called...
How Fake News Harms Jews and Jewish Observance
We live in a world where, more than ever before, our ideas and values have come under scrutiny and assault. What makes our times more...
Who Is a Jew?
Israelites, Hebrews, Jews, whatever you call them, have been scattered and settled all over the place for thousands of years. It has become quite fashionable...
We Need to Talk About the Importance of Non-Orthodox Movements
JNS.org - The Jewish Federations of North America held their annual General Assembly last week under the title “We Need to Talk” -- with “we”...
The Struggle for the Jewish Soul
Last week, I wrote about the vast divide between communities of Jews totally at odds religiously and politically. But there is another divide much closer to...
How (and Why) Israel Must Bridge Its Gap with American Jewry
JNS.org - Israeli society takes pride in high-achieving Jews, whether they live in Israel or in the Diaspora. We are even proud of émigrés who have success abroad....
