Op-Ed: Divorce Is a Double-Sided Mess
A series of tragic events involving a crown heights family has started an important conversation about Agunah and the Halachic implications of a Jewish Divorce.
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by a Crown Heights Parent
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Op-Ed: A Call to Action
We all know the importance of having smoke detectors in our homes, but unfortunately most of us don’t know enough about them. How many times have we heard about smoke detectors having dead batteries? Or no batteries? Or missing entirely?
by Hershel Belkin
Op-Ed: Manipulative Women are Not My Sisters
When I saw the sign “EVERY AGUNAH IS MY SISTER”, in caps, with a solid bright red background, I felt something was wrong. Despite the loving words, the sign was not one of Ahavas Yisroel. It was manipulation. It proclaimed a righteousness to all vocal Agunah supporters, with the implication that if you don’t show support Agunahs you will be ostracized.
by Aliza Bas Menachem
Letter: Why Is the Pain So Deep?
Why is the pain so deep? Why couldn’t I sleep last night? I don’t think I ever exchanged more than a few words with him. We saw each other each morning on our walk to Oholei Torah daily for 2 years. Our sons were in the same class. He always greeted us with a happy “Good Morning.”
by Sheva Tauby
Op-Ed: Why Is This Speech Different from All Other Speeches?
Rabbi Avi Richler, Executive Director of Chabad of Gloucester County, NJ, wrote the following op-ed on the implications of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s impending address to congress, which was published in The Times of Israel.
Left: Australian Royal Commission on CSA. Right: Rabbi Danny Yaffe.
Letter: Community Must Unite to Heal
As the Royal Commission Hearings on Child Abuse rip through the heart of Australia’s Orthodox-Jewish community, one Sydney Chabad Shliach – Rabbi Danny Yaffe – wrote the following heartfelt open letter, which was published in the local Jewish Media outlet J-Wire.
Op-Ed: What Safety Protocol?
A Crown Heights teacher sent us the following op-ed, in which she decries the apparent lack of safety protocols in the community’s schools – despite the recent terror attacks in Israel and France – and questions whether our educational institutions are adequately protected.
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Op-Ed: Be Considerate; Shovel
A concerned member of the Crown Heights community submitted this op-ed, in which he laments the apparent lack of consideration some homeowners have towards the elderly and those with young children when it comes to shoveling the snow in front of their property.
Op-Ed: iPhones in the Classroom?
With the explosive dissemination of iPhone, Android and Windows smartphone and tablet devices, and the plethora of apps they run, many bemoan the way these new technologies are distracting young students, leading them to advocate for these devices to be banned or at least restricted within our schools. Rabbi Schneur Hayes, a teacher in Miami, makes the argument that, on the contrary, not only should these devices and apps be allowed in the classroom, but that they should be incorporated into the lessons – both Torah and secular – and that students should be encouraged to use them.
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Op-Ed: Too Close for Comfort
A post-seminary Lubavitcher girl wrote the following op-ed, which she shared with CrownHeights.info on condition of anonymity, regarding the feelings of discomfort she and her fellow students would often have while being mentored by male rabbis and Mashpi’im.
Op-Ed: “They Heard Such Amazing Things, But They Don’t Think It’s Shayech”
CrownHeights.info received the following op-ed form a Shidduch-aged girl who is frustrated that parents of eligible boys keep turning her down for reasons that have nothing to do with her – nor with what should matter to the prospective Bochur.
Left: Judge Richard Posner. Right: Rabbi Dov Hillel Klein.
Op-Ed: Judge Posner Overstepped Bounds in Chabad Drinking Case
In an op-ed published originally by the Jewish Daily Forward, Crown Heights attorney and community activist Eli Federman lays out why he believes Federal Appeals Court Judge Richard Posner overstepped his bounds in his Halacha-quoting decision striking down Chabad Rabbi Dov Hillel Klein’s lawsuit against Northwestern University.
Op-Ed: Why I’m voting for Astorino
Crown Heights community member Mendy Hecht makes the case in this op-ed that his fellow voters should throw their support behind Rob Astorino, the Republican challenger to the Democratic Governor of New York Andrew Cuomo, in today’s election.
Op-Ed: Should We Vote by PAC Or in Packs?
In its glory days, Crown Heights was a hotbed of political activity, where hopeful candidates would come and grovel before the community for its coveted vote, says activist Meir Yediya in his latest op-ed. Read more to find out why this is no longer the case, and what could be done to bring the ‘good old days’ of Crown Heights’ political influence back.
A Times Square ad calling for an end to traditional Kaporos.
Lubavitcher Responds to Criticism of Kaporos
In an op-ed published in the New York Daily News, Crown Heights resident Eli Federman responds to the criticisms of ‘animal rights activists’ regarding the ancient Jewish tradition of Kaporos, laying out in clear and concise terms why they should leave the pre-Yom Kippur practice alone.
Op-Ed: Kaporos Shouldn’t Break the Bank
The following op-ed was sent by an anonymous member of the Lubavitch community in Miami to CrownHeights.info, describing the hardship borne by a large family with copious Yomtov expenses when shelling out $23 for each Kapparos chicken, a phenomenon he describes as “price gouging.”
Op-Ed: We Are Not Immune to Being Scammed
There’s a story told about a great pious Rabbi who was becoming deaf in his old age. His students could not understand “why is this happening to you, a man who has spent his whole life studying and teaching the Holy Torah”. They felt that Zechus should protect him from ailment. “What can I say… I sinned in my youth and now Hashem is helping me atone for those mistakes”. He explained that as a young prodigy he was very well versed in Choshen Mishpat and would sit in on many Din Torahs, “but I lacked maturity and succumbed to the temptation of bribery.”
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