Emes Ve-Emunah

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

Monday, August 10, 2026

Defining Judaism by Our Own Lights

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Once again, I find myself agreeing with a Conservative religious official. This time it is Steve Freedman, head of school at Solomon Schecht...
Sunday, August 09, 2026

Now Iran Is Dictating Terms?!

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The  mainstream  media reported the following this morning: Iran’s state broadcaster published the statement by the council’s secretary, M...
Friday, August 07, 2026

Is This The Greening of America 2.0?

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A young supporter of Dr. Abdul El-Sayed Back in the early 1970s, Charles Reich published  The Greening of America , arguing that the country...
Thursday, August 06, 2026

The Sad Legacy of Shlomo Carlebach

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Shlomo Carelebach at one of his inspirational events ( Ynet ) Beethoven, the Beatles, and Shlomo Carlebach. Those three have one thing in co...
Wednesday, August 05, 2026

What Does It Mean to Be a Centrist?

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Rav Aharon Lichtenstein, ZTL I stand second to no one in promoting the  Hashkafa  (Jewish ideology) in which I believe. One might think it s...
Tuesday, August 04, 2026

Grassroots Rebellion?

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New Charedi party head, Motty Leitner I am not optimistic. At least not as optimistic as  Rabbi Yitzchok Adlerstein , who recently wrote abo...
Monday, August 03, 2026

A Rebuke of Reticent Religious Zionist Rabbis

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Rav Mosheh Lichtenstein ( TOI ) Not all that long ago, I came across a book containing some of the more important letters Rav Aharon Lichten...
Sunday, August 02, 2026

Ignoring Jewish Suffering

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Boy George (TOI) Heartbreaking. That is how I feel every time I see images coming out of Gaza showing children wandering through the rubbl...
Friday, July 31, 2026

The Liberal View of the War with Iran

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Donald Trump and FDR. Will Trump rise to the occasion as did FDR? One of my more intelligent, knowledgeable, and thoughtful readers sent me ...
Thursday, July 30, 2026

Polls, Statistics, and the War with Iran

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Polls showing widespread American opposition to the war with Iran should be viewed in the spirit of Mark Twain’s famous observation: “There ...
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