April 21, 2025

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Israel’s Unique Opportunity

Congresswomen Omar and Tlaib are presenting Israel with an opportunity that Israel would not be able to organize on its own. I believe that they

Not Trivializing the Holocaust

I am responding to the article entitled “Detention Centers on Southern Border Are Most Definitively Not Concentration Camps,” which appeared in the most recent issue

Bilaam’s True Nature

As we encounter this week’s sidra, it might pay to reflect upon Bilaam’s true nature: a) He only had one eye. (Sanhedrin 105a, based on

Leave Teachers Alone—It’s Summer

High school principals and admission counselors and school boards—please take note! Some Jewish high schools have crossed the line in their competition for students. The

On Democracy

My friend and colleague Rabbi Moshe Taragin writes a characteristically learned and eloquent exposition of why democracy is the worst of all systems from a

Desperation Is Not Criminal

Your editorial (“An Obscene Comparison,” June 27, 2019) concerning the misuse of the term concentration camp was well put, however, you failed to connect the

There Is No Comparison

I am only a high school student; however, when I see illegal immigrant detention centers compared to Nazi concentration camps (really mass death camps) it

Make Your Own Mikraot Gedolot

Thank you for your article about our recent presentation at Frisch (“Yeshivat Frisch Holds YU Ideas Panel on ‘Future of the Book,’ June 13, 2019).

Don’t Let Remorse Take Over

I think the article “Will My Children Remain Religious?” (June 20, 2019) touched a healthy nerve. The author has guilt about her children’s religiosity. It’s

No Compromise on Highland Park

I agree with Eric Ruskin’s assessment of the Highland Park library fiasco (“Let’s Mitigate the Fiasco in Highland Park,” June 20, 2019) but disagree with

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