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Hebrew site at 60ribo.org.il
Comments on society mainly from a “Kol Hator” Perspective
https://www.hidabroot.com/article/194658/WeWork-Owner-Billionaire-Adam-Neumann-I-Keep-Shabbat https://storage.hidabroot.com/Graphics/Modules/News/Pics/29463_tumb_750Xauto.jpg Adam Neumann age 38 is a young billionaire and considered one of the world’s most promising Israeli business men. Yesterday (Sunday) Adam told Yediot Acharonot that he’s been keeping Shabbat with his wife and 5 children these past … Continued
Excerpt from a larger article at: https://www.theyeshivaworld.com/news/headlines-breaking-stories/1417830/watch-yonatan-razel-performs-concert-eyes-covered-due-tzniyus.html A video of a popular Chareidi singer and songwriter performing onstage with his eyes covered has elicited strong responses. Yonatan Razel was playing his keyboard and singing at a concert at Binyanei Hauma … Continued
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/238744 A senior Religious Zionist rabbi who founded the first-ever pre-military preparatory program launched a scathing attack on the IDF, contending that the army was forcing religious officers to choose between an army career and observing Jewish law. In a … Continued
The Hamas – Fatah Reconciliation Agreement, recently cooked up in Cairo, which would see the Palestinian Authority resume control of Gaza by December 1st; has barely cooled, and already there are problems in paradise, in spite of the early … Continued
http://www.jewishpress.com/news/israel/the-knesset/netanyahu-coalition-to-promote-law-prohibiting-investigation-of-sitting-prime-minister/2017/10/16/ I am not a supporter of Netanyahu but I think such a law is good. I think the judicial establishment in Israel is super-biased in favor of the left and that the decision to prosecute or not prosecute crimes … Continued
http://www.yutorah.org/sidebar/lecture.cfm/883588/shmuel-reichman/the-ideology-of-an-ideal-torah-u-madda-community/ REVISED Comment on the lecture. In Kol Hator, the author calls for establishing the type of a community envisioned by Shmuel Reichman in Jerusalem. Although I don’t have an exact date for when the communities of the exile will … Continued
http://www.jewishpress.com/news/israel/rabbi-shmuel-eliyahu-chastises-tzohar-rabbi-for-not-fact-checking-before-criticizing-him/2017/10/06/ Rabbi Eliyahu pointed out that Hashgacha Pratit says the basis for their Kashrut certification is trust between the restaurant owners, the community and the Kashrut organization, but what trust can there be when the owner of the restaurant was … Continued
I, Shlomo Moshe Scheinman want to make myself clear, that I don’t agree with Moshe Feiglin on some of his liberal stands on social-religious issues. Nevertheless, I will quote him in order to further explain why I do not agree … Continued
Trump in Huckabee Interview: First Peace, Then Embassy Move There is a silver lining to this, because if it was up to me I would move all Embassies to the vicinity of Eilat because of what the Chazon Ish mentions … Continued
Hurricane Maria, the second major storm to hit the Caribbean this month, is threatening the US and British Virgin Islands as well as Puerto Rico after it caused widespread devastation to the small island country of Dominica on Tuesday. Described … Continued