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September 2011

September 22, 2011

And Ignoramuses Give Birth To Ignoramuses

Here’s a picture from a protest set up in Manhattan yesterday (from FailedMessiah.com). Typical of...

September 22, 2011

Another Haredi Love Note For The State Of Israel

Here’s a great example of the two-faced nature of many Israeli Haredim. In addition to...

September 19, 2011

Haredim Fight Modesty…You Read That Correctly

Over the past few years there is a weirder than usual phenomenon that’s been developing...

June 2011

June 26, 2011

The Buses Can Run When They Have Made Havdala

Once again the forces of religious coercion in Israel are flexing their ever burgeoning muscles. ...

June 20, 2011

Wake Up! It’s Tefillin Time!

Say what you will about my critiques (sounds better than “attacks”) on the Haredim, even...

April 2011

April 15, 2011

Why Are These Goats Different From All Other Goats?

Passover season is upon us and with it comes the traditional goat slaughtering. No, I...

March 2011

March 08, 2011

Haredi Rabbis Make Play For Young Secular Souls

If you thought the American Orthodox kiruv (outreach) merchants were bad, wait until you hear...

March 03, 2011

Fashion Tips From The House Of Vizhnitz

Here’s today’s moment of religious hilarity, courtesy of the Vizhnitz Hasidim: Leaders of the Vizhnitz...

March 03, 2011

8,500 Israeli Yeshiva Students Magically Disappear

Well, whad’ya know! The number of yeshiva students in Israel has suddenly dropped by 6.5...

February 2011

February 27, 2011

Still Waiting For A Reply From Aish Rabbi…

I am still waiting to hear from Rabbi Adam Jacobs, whose oh-so-sincere open letter to...

February 23, 2011

Reply To Aish Rabbi’s “Open Letter To The Atheist Community”

Between busy-ness at work, some ill health and time with family, I have not been...

January 2011

January 26, 2011

It’s Time For Israel To Throw The Book At Haredi “Chastity Squads”

It’s a darn shame that Israel doesn’t have legislation similar to the U.S. RICO laws. ...

January 10, 2011

Israel High Court Ambiguous On Bus Line Gender Segregation

For four years the Israel Religious Action Center (IRAC), which is basically the Israeli Reform...

January 04, 2011

When Rituals Become Dangerous

Yesterday’s revelation that hundreds of people were exposed to Hepatitis A after taking communion at...

January 03, 2011

Rabbis Interfere To Stop Organ Donation

I still laugh when I recall the episode of All in the Family where Archie...

December 2010

December 29, 2010

Torah And Deception In The Land Of Israel

Yesterday’s New York Times had a piece about the problem of voluntary Haredi unemployment in...

December 21, 2010

Get A Job!

There is a great Facebook group called Yisrael Chofsheet - Free Israel that is part...

December 08, 2010

The Western Wall: “A Religious Discotheque”

Had my trip to Israel not been cancelled, there’s one place that I would not...

December 05, 2010

It’s Time For “Who Can Say The Most Ridiculous Thing About A Natural Disaster?”

Fires are spreading throughout the “holy” land and so it’s time for our favorite religion-based...

November 2010

November 08, 2010

Israel’s Haredi Future

The big news in the Jewish community today is the protest of Bibi Netanyahu’s speech...

November 03, 2010

Haredi Pols Scheming To Restore Handouts To Yeshiva Lifers

I have a number of friends and children of friends in Israel who are in...

November 03, 2010

A New Era In Israeli Civil Rights? Hardly

In what would appear at first blush to be a major move forward for civil...

October 2010

October 21, 2010

Rabbis Urge Rejection Of Israeli-Arab Tenants

Oh why must they keep proving my point? From Haaretz: A group of 18 prominent...

October 12, 2010

A Meaningless Change In Israeli Kashrut

One of the weirdest conversations I’ve ever heard was at a family event where the...

October 11, 2010

Maybe They Would Be Happy With More Dead Gay Teens

If you’re not in the mood for anger, then you probably shouldn’t read this. The...