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We add a voice to the chorus of those attacking Roger Cohen for his recent pro-Iranian apologetics. Cohen wrote a column saying that some Jews were happy as clams in Iran. That meant to him that we had Iran all wrong. It was not really a bad antisemitic place. In his follow up column, Cohen did some...

Vilnius, Lithuania - The Jewish community in Vilna refuses to allow the local Chabad rabbi to enter the main shul, even though the rabbi has to say Kaddish and has no other minyan where he can say it. Tense, acrid relations have existed between the Jewish community and Rabbi Krinsky since 2004, when...

When praise is anonymous, it is meaningless. And so at the cutting edge of emptiness we find the praise of Ezra Merkin that was cited by Steve Fishman in his otherwise generally praiseworthy essay: “Pious, prayerful, and profound,� said a fellow congregant. Said a business colleague, “He is on...

The reality of Iranian civility toward Jews tells us more about Iran — its sophistication and culture — than all the inflammatory rhetoric....

Yes, many erudite Jews would say that the scholar Maimonides was the greatest Jew of all times. Here is a summary about Maimonides that I wrote for my courses: The contributions of Maimonides in the twelfth century (d. 1204) illustrate how deeply Judaism absorbed the impact of Islamic culture, even ...

While Mainstream Jews Debate Education Economic Crisis, Kiryas Joel Satmars Figured It All Out by Jonathan Mark New York - Satmar...scored $6.3 million from the stimulus bill for Kiryas Joel’s all-Jewish public school...The upstate Times Herald-Record (Feb. 12) reports that although Kiryas Joel is...

Yesterday, I mentioned how I'm suddenly back in the world of Facebook. I did not mention the look of horror on the face of my friend, "Elaine," when she noted a recent addition to my list of friends. "You friended our Rabbi?? That's brave. I'd be afraid for him to see my conversations!" she exclaime...

YID emails: I have always wondered why you have such animus towards Rabbi Steven Weil and anyone who has anything to do with him. I have attended Beth Jacob since the time Rabbi Dolgin was there and have seen many rabbis pass through it’s doors. Some were certainly better than others, but gene...