Emes Ve-Emunah

A Forum for Orthodox Jewish thought on Halacha, Hashkafa, and the issues of our time.

Wednesday, December 24, 2025

A Turning Point for Conservatives?

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Ben Shapiro calling out antisemitic conservatives at a TPUSA event ( JTA ) To say that I am alarmed would be an understatement. Given the hi...
Tuesday, December 23, 2025

Looks Can Be Deceiving. Are They Here?

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Mamdani lights the first Hanukkah candle with Mandy Patinkin ( JTA ) As concerning as the thinly disguised antisemitism of people on the rig...
Monday, December 22, 2025

America, Antisemitism, and J.D. Vance

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Vice-President J.D.Vance One of the most comforting aspects of the American ethos is the founding principle that protects the right of every...
Sunday, December 21, 2025

Justice Delayed - is Still Justice

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Whistleblower, Sam Kellner ( JTA ) We’ve come a long way since the days of Baruch Lebovits. At least I hope we have, judging by the reduced ...
Friday, December 19, 2025

If You can Beat 'em - join 'em?!

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It is almost as though leaders of the Conservative movement read my Substack article yesterday and decided to respond to it. Of course, that...
Thursday, December 18, 2025

Shifting Jewish Support for Israel

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Conservative Rabbi Elliot Cosgrove - exposing a rift ( Jewish Journal ) Even though I am not surprised, I am nevertheless taken aback by the...
Wednesday, December 17, 2025

Caught Between a Rock and a Hard Place

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Young Chasidic Jews OTD is the oft used acronym for going ‘off the derech’. Derech is the Hebrew word for ‘path’. The path in this case is ...
Tuesday, December 16, 2025

The Globalization of the Intifada

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I don’t think I have ever heard a clearer explanation of the kind of antisemitic violence that occurred in Sydney, Australia last Sunday tha...
Monday, December 15, 2025

“If I Forget Thee, O Jerusalem”

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Reform Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch ( JTA ) ‘If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, may my right hand forget its cunning’. This verse from Tehillim (137:5) ...
Sunday, December 14, 2025

When Life Hands You Lemons, You Make Lemonade

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Making lemonade out of a lemon? I am sorry to report about yet another deadly attack against the Jewish people. It happened yesterday in Aus...
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