Before I go to sleep I check the news, and the first thing I do upon waking is check to see what happened in Israel while I slept. I see I am not the only one because peoples Facebook/ twitter statuses have changed- as Jews we are worried. I am hyperaware of everything. As I am shopping I notice every ‘off’ glance and I hear a toy ambulance from the toy store…The siren. I’m sweating… This is no comparison…
I can get you to look my way. I can cause you to feel uncomfortable. I can compel you to feel you want to stare but you know it is rude to stare. It makes you feel awkward. I dress this way because I am a woman and women should not be oppressed – we are free to express ourselves through our way of dressing and you are committing a faux pas if you object. I can impress you with my clothes. Once you are impressed by me, I have power over you. I am a power dresser. I make my own choices. No one tells me how to dress.
A mutual acquaintance of mine who was once employed at the Pentagon cafeteria, overheard very high ranking military men conversing over lunch and mockingly refer to the active troops as “fodder”. They were high and mighty luxury-office-suite- commanders and the little poor men who were under their command were merely their fodder.
Areivim is a non-profit “life insurance” organization that has been steadily growing in popularity within the Orthodox-Jewish community these past few years. Though it is the source of much controversy, I believe that much of its opposition stems from a lack of understanding about how it works and why, which I will endeavor to explain in this op-ed.
Paris, the city of light: the city of love. The city of quaint, the city of chic. The city of Kristallnacht. Only no German this time: Arabic, and Arabic-infused French. And technically it’s not nacht, it’s in broad daylight. And no black-and-white reel-to-reel; it’s as full-colored as the thingamajig you’re reading this on.
Many have tried to understand why the Lubavitcher Rebbe was so influential in his lifetime, and why his memory continues to be potent and inspiring now twenty years after his passing. Having studied the Rebbe’s life in detail for many years, I think I have arrived at at least one possible answer.
Israel doesn’t have a partner in peace. It doesn’t take 41 years to negotiate an understanding that we have a right not to be slaughtered. If we would have a peace partner, it should take no longer than 41 minutes to negotiate an eternal ceasefire.
Rabbi Shimon Posner, Shliach to Nashville, TN, wrote the following op-ed on what it means for a Chossid to be Mekushar to his Rebbe, taking an example from his recently deceased father, Rabbi Zalman Posner, OBM.
Presently, Israel is in the throes of yet another unimaginable heinous terrorist crime. Specifically, the cold-blooded kidnapping of three innocent high school students, one of whom also holds American citizenship.
The following op-ed was written by a Lubavitcher mother, who shares her thoughts after a frustrating experience signing up her young child for his first year of school.
What can we learn from the story of the Shidduch that Terry Spiers, the UPS driver made? One reader shares four positive lessons he learned from last weeks sensational story.
As a resident of Crown Heights, I often hear people say that it is not proper for a Frum woman to undergo a sonogram. After much thought, I have decided to publish the following personal story in the hope that my own struggle could benefit and help others with this decision.
The lead story of the May 6 edition of the New York Times began by saying “In a major decision on the role of religion in government, the Supreme Court on Monday ruled that the Constitution allows town boards to start their sessions with sectarian prayers.” In writing for the majority, Justice Anthony Kennedy said that the prayers did not violate the Constitution because they were ceremonial and served to signal the solemnity of the occasion.
CrownHeights.info received the following letter in our mailbox, addressed to the 71st Precinct by a grateful Crown Heights resident. The author describes the courtesy, professionalism and genuine concern he experienced from the officers of the precinct, as well as the successful resolution to a crime committed against him.
A powerful Reply Brief filed by Sholom Mordechai Rubashkin and his attorneys uncovers fresh evidence of government misconduct in the withholding of crucial information from the defense that could have radically altered the outcome of the case.
Once again, reckless yellow journalism has aimed its poisonous fangs at our community, this time targeting the hallowed practice of bris milah.
The Israel National soccer team could be facing a possible World Cup ban, including other soccer sanctions, unless it alleviates travel restrictions and increases field access for Palestinian players and coaches.
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