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January 2012

January 10, 2012

Haredi Power Could One Day Spell Doom For Israel

I realize that I’ve been somewhat single-mindedly focused on Israeli Haredim over the last several...

January 08, 2012

Israel’s Great Secular Hope

There is breaking news from Israel that I have been awaiting for a very, very...

January 06, 2012

Inside The Primitive Ideology Of Haredi Judaism

Behind the growing conflict between Haredim and the rest of the Jewish community is a...

January 03, 2012

Tone Deaf Haredim Protest In Concentration Camp Garb

Last night Haredim gathered in Jerusalem to protest against the crackdown on their thuggish behavior...

January 02, 2012

More Shattering Examples Of Haredi Immorality

Below is a piece by Israel’s Channel 2 evening broadcast of December 27. It shows...

December 2011

December 26, 2011

Israeli Haredim Are Losing It

It should come as no surprise that The Atheist Rabbi would have an issue or...

October 2011

October 06, 2011

Haredi Jews Vs. Orthodox Jews?

Many people do not understand the difference between Modern Orthodox and Haredi Jews. Well, here’s...

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 13, 2011

No God? Expect Rampant Pedophilia!

During one recent Republican debate, audience members (whom I assume are not chosen off the...

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...

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...

May 2011

May 26, 2011

Orthodox Gays Ask For Recognition

There are few issues today that illustrate the superiority of humanism than homosexuality. For all...

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...

March 2011

March 28, 2011

Aish Rabbi’s “Odd Relationship” With Atheism

The last time that Aish Rabbi Adam Jacobs wrote about atheism, a subject about which...

March 25, 2011

Eruv Wars On Long Island

The eruv is either one of the most clever or ridiculous halakhic maneuvers ever devised. ...

March 07, 2011

Aish Rabbi Is Both Wrong And A Liar

Now I know why Rabbi Adam Jacobs was too busy to answer my e-mail. He...

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...

February 14, 2011

Belated Happy Darwin Day

Sorry for my absence of late. It’s difficult to keep up daily posts when so...

January 2011

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...

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 27, 2010

The Torah Is A Great Science Book!

Orthodox kiruv (outreach) merchant Adam Jacobs is at it again. Once again he brings his great...

December 21, 2010

Get A Job!

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

December 16, 2010

Are Monotheist Faiths Inherently Violent?

Undercover Kofer, a blogger whom I greatly admire and would love to meet some day,...

December 12, 2010

The Many Deceptions Of Aish Ha-Torah

I have yet to write about a Jewish organization that, as diplomats say, I hold...

December 09, 2010

Orthodox Rabbis: “Racism Originated In The Torah”

When my liberal religious friends jump on me for declaring that the bible is racist,...