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The American Spectator: What Really Is Behind the Latest Burst of Hamas Terror in Israel
Israel cannot just dispatch an Uber or Lyft to the terror launch sites and unplug some wires from wall sockets. They have to extirpate the launchers, the rockets, and the terrorists determined to inflict unspeakable civilian tragedy against millions of Jewish civilians if unstopped.
Fox News: Rabbi Yaakov Menken: Biden’s address to Congress left anti-Semitism unaddressed. Why?
For Biden to spend so much time talking about racism and hate in America yet omit entirely the targets of multiple hate crimes sends its own message.
Townhall: Biden Administration Plays Childish ‘Opposite Game’ and Endangers America
Biden seems bent on taking the mirror opposite approach of every Trump policy—even the policies that were sensible and proved effective.
The ADL Is Not Jewish and No Longer Speaks for Jews
Under Jonathan Greenblatt, they’ve lost focus, attacking conservatives instead of fighting anti-Semitism.
The Federalist: These Lawsuits Reveal The Left’s Goal To Banish Religion Altogether
Leftists use lawsuits, not to address actual discrimination, but to demonize those with different beliefs and to characterize the Bible itself as hateful.
Israel Natl. News: Virtue shaming
The virtue-shamers want to live but not let us live. They seek not just to cancel people but to erase G-d from society,
NY Post: Passover and Exodus hold fresh lessons about tyranny for the woke age
Promotion of illogical ideas, punishment of nonconformity and the gradual denial of civil liberties are all as present today as in ancient texts.
The Federalist: How The Equality Act Would Legalize Religious Bigotry
If bigots were bent on eliminating Orthodox Judaism from American soil, it is difficult to imagine a more ruthlessly efficient tool than the Equality Act.
The Supreme Court Conversion Ruling is something no Orthodox Rabbi can support
Throwing sacred and weighty standards out the window in pursuit of comfort and inclusiveness does not work when it comes to Torah.
The Conversion Controversy
The courts have no more right to opine on “who is a Jew” than they have to move Shabbat to Tuesday or Pesach to the winter.