by Rabbi Dov Fischer | Dec 19, 2022 | Op-Eds
by Rabbi Dov Fischer in The American Spectator Chanukah is celebrated this year from Sunday night, Dec. 18, through Monday, Dec. 26, at sunset, corresponding to the Hebrew calendar days of 25 Kislev through 2 Tevet. Chanukah is so interesting, isn’t it? It’s the...
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...
