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July 2011

July 05, 2011

Rabbi Lior’s Arrest Is The Price Of Entangling Religion & State

For those of you who haven’t been following the latest religious follies in Israel, I...

July 01, 2011

Computer Confirms Bible’s Multiple Authors

There is a fascinating story on Haaretz.com about new computer software that has been developed...

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 18, 2011

Arrests In The Itamar Murders

Yesterday Israeli officials announced the arrests of two young men who will be charged with...

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...

April 03, 2011

More Secular Humanistic Zionism

As I write this, I have only received one comment about my previous post on...

March 2011

March 28, 2011

Official Israel Hearts Palin…J-Street Not So Much

Jeffrey Goldberg is often the voice of reason when it comes to evaluating the American...

March 25, 2011

Rockets In Southern Israel. Again.

I am watching the Channel 2 news from Israel. Rockets are dropping in southern Israel...

March 22, 2011

Palin’s Pilgrimage

Another Republican is visiting Israel. This time it’s Sarah Palin who’s running around the country...

March 16, 2011

Latest (Non-)Threat To Jewish Survival…Israeli Intermarriage

As our forefathers and foremothers once taught us, there is no sin more unbearable than...

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

Come And Listen To A Story ‘Bout A Man Named Brown

Israel’s energy luck has changed in recent years due to the discovery of natural gas...

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...

February 16, 2011

Secular Israeli Ordination Gets Some Media Play

I just saw this article about the ordination of the latest secular humanistic rabbis in...

February 03, 2011

How To Kill Liberal American Zionism

Last May Peter Beinart set off a small firestorm with an article in The New...

February 01, 2011

Netanyahu Steps In It

Just a day after I praised the Israeli response, Netanyahu undoes any good he might...

January 2011

January 31, 2011

Some Thoughts On Egypt

For those of you with good Hebrew, I highly recommend finding a way to Israel’s...

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 25, 2011

Ileana Ros-Lehtinen And J-Street

I want to address a recent issue regarding J-Street, but before I do, I should...

January 14, 2011

The Knesset Committee On Un-Israeli Activities

It looks as if Israel is getting its own version of the old House Committee...

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 03, 2011

Rabbis Interfere To Stop Organ Donation

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

January 02, 2011

Senior Rabbis’ Wives: Stay Away From Non-Jews

While American Jews were busy with our assimilationist practice of celebrating the new year, some...

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 16, 2010

Sadness And Fear For Sudanese Deported From Israel

I can still remember how proud I was as a kid when Israel took in...

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...