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Thanks, Mr. PresidentMishpachaJuly 5, 2006

Kudos are due to President Moshe Katsav for refusing to address Eric Yoffie, head of the American Reform movement, by the title "Rav."

Hoisted on their own contradictionsMishpachaMarch 29, 2006

The Conservative movement is currently experiencing the same fate as Zionism: a decline brought about by an irreconcilable contradiction at the heart of the movement.

Judaism makes demandsYnet NewsMarch 6, 2006

There is no idea more antithetical to the understanding that has guided the Jewish people since Sinai than that each individual is the moral arbiter of his or her universe.

Picking on friendsJerusalem PostJanuary 26, 2006

Have American Jewish leaders been wise in demonizing Israel's most ardent supporters in America, and lumping them all together as the great enemy?

Christian BashingHamodiaJanuary 25, 2006

Yoffie and Foxman's recent attacks on evangelical Christians were irresponsible.

The Reform Movement’s Religious ReductionismJerusalem PostJanuary 5, 2006

A Judaism reduced to the command to express one’s political opinions loudly offers no plausible reason why the Jewish people should continue to exist.

Will an apology be forthcoming?HamodiaDecember 28, 2005

Now that the theory that the Conservative Movement is not a halachic movement has been completely vindicated by one of the movement's leading figures, I wonder whether any apologies will be forthcoming from those who hurled them.

Conversion is not the answerJerusalem PostJune 17, 2005

The only result of a more "welcoming" attitude towards converts will be to put off confronting directly the real issue – the loss of Jewish meaning for the vast majority of those born Jewish.

The end of Jewish identityMaarivApril 8, 2005

With its inexorable march towards full recognition of any "conversion", the Supreme Court drives yet another nail in the dream of David Ben-Gurion that Jewish identity would provide the glue to bind together Jews from over 100 countries.

Deformed "rights"Jerusalem PostApril 8, 2005

A movement calling itself "Jewish," comes to encourage abortions, something halachah views, in most cases, as a form of murder

Interfaith dialogue - why not

Jerusalem PostJanuary 2, 2004

No to interfaith dialogue

Baltimore Jewish TimesDecember 5, 2003
Preserving the power of the WallJerusalem PostMay 9, 2003

If being heard, means a photo-op in the New York Times, then WoW has been denied. But if it means being heard by the One Above, even the most softly whispered prayer will be heard.

Too few Jews or too many?

Jerusalem PostMarch 14, 2003

Yossi Beilin's big new idea

Jerusalem PostJanuary 10, 2003
Conservatism's incredible shrinking deityJerusalem PostSeptember 6, 2002

Conservatism's view that G-d is not intimately involved in the running of the world is not the Torah view

In defense of a friendHamodiaJune 14, 2002

A truer picture of Rabbi Avi Shafran than that portrayed recently by the Jewish media

Reform's deafening silenceJerusalem PostJune 14, 2002

Reform and Orthodox both suffer as a result of incitement, but Reform uses it to their own advantage

A Purim story for our timesJerusalem PostFebruary 22, 2002

By declaring the word "Jew" to be incapable of definition, the Court effectively removed the nationality line from the identity card.

Women of the Wall prepare to fight bill that would outlaw their prayer

JTADecember 17, 2001
Tom Friedman's latest big ideaJerusalem PostDecember 7, 2001

Why Orthodox Jews are not Fundamentalists

Obscene Comparison

Baltimore Jewish TimesNovember 2, 2001
Are there any limits?Jerusalem Post Int'l EditionNovember 2, 2001

On Regev's comparison of haredim and Islamic fundamentalists

The glare of the truthJerusalem PostNovember 2, 2001

reply to Uri Regev--setting the facts straight on haredim's view of nonreligious

Mr. Regev, have you no sense of decency left?Jerusalem PostOctober 19, 2001

Response to Uri Regev's characterization of Orthodox Jews as fundamentalists and future terrorists

Whose Torah and why it matters

Baltimore Jewish TimesJune 15, 2001
God didn't say 'Thou might want to...'Jerusalem PostMay 24, 2001

By denying a revelation, the Conservative movement removes the need to keep any halacha

A Tale Of Two Articles

Baltimore Jewish TimesMarch 16, 2001
Christian BashingHamodiaJanuary 2001

Yoffie and Foxman's recent attacks on evangelical Christians were irresponsible.

Women at the wall

Baltimore Jewish TimesAugust 4, 2000

Arson in Ramot

Baltimore Jewish TimesJuly 14, 2000
Sincerity is not the issueJerusalem PostJuly 7, 2000

For women to wear tallitot is nothing more than pagan ritual

Will thee or won't thee, it's all the sameJerusalem PostMay 26, 2000

Reform's decision on same-sex marriages

Vive La Difference

Baltimore Jewish TimesMay 5, 2000
Unholy allianceJerusalem PostAugust 27, 1999

IRAC and Am Hofshi are motivated by jealousy

Regarding the riftJerusalem PostMarch 19, 1999

Why Reform is a separate religion?

Divine presence or photo-opJerusalem PostFebruary 5, 1999

Reform used the Kotel as a tool for publicity, not a place they feel any attachment to

Keep the money; use it at homeJerusalem PostJanuary 29, 1999

The Reform and Conservative movements continuously take money from the federations instead of raising it on their own

What's it all about?Jerusalem PostJanuary 15, 1999

The real issue behind the 'Who is a Jew?' debate

Vignettes from the Jewish wastelandJerusalem PostAugust 14, 1998

A true look at just how barren the lifestyle of most American Jews is

Reform are not martyrsJerusalem PostJuly 10, 1998

Reform Jewry is greatly exaggerating when it claims to suffer 'religious coercion'

Clearing the airJerusalem PostJune 12, 1998

Judaism is not an open admissions club and does not seek converts

A question of rabbinical conscienceJerusalem PostFebruary 13, 1998

The Chief Rabbinate lacks the necessary authority to compromise conversion standards

A tale of two religionsJerusalem PostJanuary 30, 1998

We have no right to compromise that which is dictated to us by G-d

The ultimate Jewish pluralistsJerusalem PostJanuary 9, 1998

How far can you go with the argument of pluralism?

The limits of familyJerusalem PostDecember 19, 1997

The view that the shared bond between Jews is one of suffering leads to intermarriage

A question of tacticsJerusalem PostDecember 12, 1997

The Reform Movement has divided world Jewry and injured Israel with its campaign for the conversion law

Some myths about toleranceJerusalem PostNovember 31, 1997

The real intolerance is that of the Reform and Conservative movements

No room for compromiseJerusalem PostOctober 24, 1997

On the Neeman Committee and the true meaning of conversion

Confrontation: the whole pointJerusalem PostAugust 15, 1997

Using the Western Wall as a site to proclaim one's political affinity

No rest, no peaceJerusalem PostAugust 8, 1997

The tragic dilemma of burial of non-Jews

Let everyone be happyJerusalem PostJuly 18, 1997

Because they view Judaism as trivial, Reform and Conservative see no reason to bar entry

Do-it-yourself TorahJerusalem PostJune 17, 1997

American Jewry has an attitude instead of a theology

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