by Rabbi Dov Fischer | Dec 17, 2022 | Op-Eds
by Rabbi Dov Fischer in the Israel National News I have a close non-Jewish friend. Neither of us fears insulting the other if we ask sincere questions to slake our curiosity. One year he asked me: “Dov, honestly, what’s with the Hannukah thing? With us, December 25 is...
by Rabbi Dov Fischer | Nov 30, 2022 | Op-Eds
by Rabbi Dov Fischer in The American Spectator I begin with certain definitions: 1. The Jew-hater formerly known as Kanye West now prefers to be called “Ye.” Therefore, for the duration of this article, I shall call him “Kanye.” 2. The White Supremacist,...
by Rabbi Dov Fischer | Oct 27, 2022 | Op-Eds
by Rabbi Dov Fischer in The American Spectator How to respond to someone who insults you? It depends. How deep was the insult? How personal? How dangerous? Will a response enhance your own position or embroil you in a conflict that you don’t need? Let’s say you are...
by Rabbi Dov Fischer | Oct 13, 2022 | Op-Eds
by Rabbi Dov Fischer in The American Spectator We are over-inundated — not just inundated, as in a deluge or a Category 5 hurricane, but over-inundated — with virtue signaling that tells us that our humanity and compassion can be gauged only by whether we join up with...
by Rabbi Dov Fischer | Oct 2, 2022 | Op-Eds
by Rabbi Dov Fischer in the Israel National News How to tell whether a rabbi or Jewish layman who advocates for “LGBTQs” is speaking of needing to treat “LGBTQs” with sympathy because he or she is motivated by Torah-based compassion — or by the “progressive” Wokeness...
