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Emes Ve-Emunah: The Beauty of 13th Avenue
On my recent trip to New York I was as always amazed by the sheer numbers of stores and restaurants catering to religious Jews. I spent time in three different locations: Monsey, Boro Park, and Williamsburg. All three impressed me that way. But Boro Park ...
Dateline: 2010-09-02 9:15am -07:00T (895 words)
 
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Emes Ve-Emunah: Why the Negative Stereotype?
There is an article in the Times Herald-Record about Kiryas Joel, the Satmar enclave in New York. This is a town consisting almost exclusively of Satmar Chasidm. They –like many who have extreme views about Tznius issues - have requested that people who...
Dateline: 2010-09-01 12:15pm -07:00T (1068 words)
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Emes Ve-Emunah: An Urgent Call for Help
Yesterday I received a note from a friend who forwarded a plea from a social worker who is fighting on behalf of a family in Israel who has been given custody of an abused child. They are a nurturing family and have given the child a normal environment in...
Dateline: 2010-09-01 7:15am -07:00T (593 words)
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Emes Ve-Emunah: An Apology- and the Return of Full Moderation
Today’s earlier post on Rabbi Amnon Yitzhak is based entirely on information from the Ynet article on this subject. In that post I strongly criticized Rabbi Yitzhak for flogging a 'sinner' who violated his concept of Tznius. Apparently the flogging was ...
Dateline: 2010-08-31 9:30pm -07:00T (475 words)
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Emes Ve-Emunah: Amnon Yitzhak
A prominent Charedi Rav I know has told me privately many times that he strongly suspects many of the Charedi zealots – both in the US and Israel – who overly concern themselves with matters of public Tznius are very likely sexual deviants from whose ...
Dateline: 2010-08-31 9:00am -07:00T (816 words)
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Emes Ve-Emunah: Potential Gedolim or Yeshivishe Rednecks?
Guest Post by Rabbi Dovid LandesmanRabbi Dovid Landesman is a frequent commenter and an occasional a guest poster here. He is a unique individual who identifies as Charedi and yet his views on issues of the day are often in complete concert with my own. A...
Dateline: 2010-08-30 8:00am -07:00T (1862 words)
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Emes Ve-Emunah: The ‘Pied Piper’
Guest Post by Paul ShavivThere are certain teachers that are very popular and have what might be called Charisma. They can be great role models and motivators. But not all charismatic teachers are that way. They are what we might call the pied piper. And ...
Dateline: 2010-08-29 11:15am -07:00T (1542 words)
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Emes Ve-Emunah: Is the Wolf Knocking at our Door?
Are we experiencing the beginning of long predicted crash of our religious educational system? One might be tempted to view the two recent school closings in Lakewood that way. But as I have said many times the system as we know it is unsustainable. Even ...
Dateline: 2010-08-27 9:45am -07:00T (1038 words)
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Emes Ve-Emunah: Charming Your Sox (and other things) Off
Child molesters are often very charming people. They are often very well integrated into a community - even respected as contributing individuals who will give of their time and money towards good causes. They come in all shapes and sizes and all manner o...
Dateline: 2010-08-26 9:15am -07:00T (1237 words)
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Emes Ve-Emunah: A Spiritual Threat
Several years ago, I had an opportunity to discuss the educational system in Israel with Rebbitzin Ella Soloveichik, the wife of my Rebbe, R’ Ahron Soloveichik. We were neighbors and often discussed issues of the day. I once lamented the fact that there...
Dateline: 2010-08-25 11:00am -07:00T (1141 words)
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Emes Ve-Emunah: Who Comes Off Like the Fool?
Guest Post by Rabbi Yitzchok AdlersteinOne of the brightest lights on the internet is Rabbi Yitzchok Adlerstein. Among his many duties and contributions to Klal Yisroel - he is a regular contributor to Cross Currents.Rabbi Adlerstein is an articulate spok...
Dateline: 2010-08-24 9:15am -07:00T (729 words)
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Emes Ve-Emunah: Moderation Resumes
Looks like I have to resume moderation.Some of the comments border on flaming and will certainly evolve into the kind of name calling, insults, and invective that is counter productive. Most commeters have been very co-operative and the discussion flowed ...
Dateline: 2010-08-24 6:45am -07:00T (108 words)
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Emes Ve-Emunah: In Transit
I am currenty in transit from Israel to Chicago. New post tommorrow....
Dateline: 2010-08-23 6:00am -07:00T (12 words)
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Emes Ve-Emunah: Calling a Rabbi a Cow
There are some very talented and charismatic people involved in Kiruv and yet they do not belong there. Rabbi David Orlovsky (pictured) is one of those people. I have been told by many that he is quite a dynamic personality and speaker and that he has a r...
Dateline: 2010-08-22 11:15am -07:00T (693 words)
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Emes Ve-Emunah: What a Disgrace!
The man has no shame apparently. According to a news report Rabbi Marc Sheneir has been caught cheating on his fourth wife. Apparently there is photo evidence of him kissing and embracing another woman in the New York Daily News.It’s hard to understand ...
Dateline: 2010-08-20 1:45am -07:00T (548 words)
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