Author: David Rutman

Photo Credit: unsplash In December 2017, the “progressive” New York City Council passed the Counseling Censorship Law. The vote was: 43 for, 2 (both Orthodox Jews) against, and 1 abstention. In other words, it passed overwhelmingly! The law stated that if people (adults) came to a licensed therapist like me, and stated that they were […]

Photo Credit: Jewish Press Devorah and Alan Aranoff have contributed a lot to the Jewish people, but two things (aside from the many articles their family have inspired me to write) stand out in my mind. The first is that Alan, an architect, built their house in Lapid, a predominantly secular town in the Modi’in […]

Photo Credit: Jewish Press Every Shabbos, Jewish adults are supposed to read the parshah twice along with Onkelos’s Aramaic translation once. Since the purpose of this obligation is to understand the parshah, one halachic opinion (quoted in Shulchan Aruch) maintains that it can be fulfilled by studying the parshah with Rashi since Rashi explains everything […]

Photo Credit: DonkeyHotey / https://www.flickr.com/photos/donkeyhotey/ Chuck Schumer The decision by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) to serve as one of the featured speakers at the upcoming J Street conference should trouble every supporter of Israel. It’s both a boost for Jewish critics of Israel and a disturbing sign of trends within the Democratic Party. […]

Photo Credit: Jewish Press In both this week’s parsha and its haftarah, Yeshaya 42, we are told of Hashem’s mastery of and involvement with the world. As the first verse in the haftarah states (Yeshaya 42:5): “So said Hashem, the Lord, the Creator of the heavens and the One Who stretched them out, Who widened […]

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Photo Credit: Jewish Press Two short stories about Rav Nissim Karlitz, who was laid to rest this week: Silence. The rav, who was 93 years old, managed a beit din, paskened, published books, and educated thousands, but did not leave behind any stirring speeches or sermons. Whatever he said or wrote was done with precision […]

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Photo Credit: Jewish Press Air Canada announced last week that it will no longer use the phrase “ladies and gentlemen” on board its flights. The policy is part of a “commitment to respect sexual identity, diversity, and inclusion,” the company said in an internal memo. Instead of the gender-specific “ladies and gentlemen” (and “mesdames et […]