News

• A Schick – Passover and deliverance, in one family’s story: What Victor Korn taught me, and what he teaches us all https://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-oped-passover-and-deliverance-in-one-familys-story-20190419-ywyqzpijgzdwdiiffjvb4errhe-story.html • Rabbis can do this, depending on the circumstances. But these aren’t rabbis on whom I would rely – New England rabbis say crossing picket line for Passover shopping not kosher https://www.timesofisrael.com/new-england-rabbis-say-crossing-picket-line-for-passover-shopping-not-kosher/ • Jewish Community Comes Out ...

• Yes, as Rav Soloveitchik explains in Confrontation – Is it still permitted to speak of a ‘Judeo-Christian heritage?’ https://www.jns.org/opinion/is-it-still-permitted-to-speak-of-a-judeo-christian-heritage/ • I Studied American Jewish Teens. This Ritual Predicts How They Feel About Being Jewish. https://forward.com/life/faith/422792/american-jewish-teens-passover-seder/ • Inaccurate headline. He said it is possible to suggest this, not definitively – Radical rabbi says Notre Dame fire retribution for 13th-century Talmud ...

• M Soloveichik – Passover’s Message and the Meaning of Freedom https://mosaicmagazine.com/picks/religion-holidays/2019/04/passovers-message-and-the-meaning-of-freedom/ • Notre Dame’s Surprising Jewish Treasures https://www.aish.com/ci/s/Notre-Dames-Surprising-Jewish-Treasures.html • A New Exchange Program For Israeli Scientists — And Orthodox Rabbis https://forward.com/life/tech/420751/a-new-exchange-program-for-israeli-scientists-and-orthodox-rabbis/ • Will Haredim soon join the Israeli Air Force? http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/261936

• The Collapse: Analyzing the End of American Jewry’s Golden Age https://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-arts-and-culture/282724/the-collapse • Murder, Inc. | Charlotte Allen https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2019/04/murder-inc • A combat officer’s Passover in the sands of Kuwait https://www.jns.org/a-combat-officers-passover-in-the-sands-of-kuwait/ • As Passover approaches, Jewish leaders warn that measles outbreak feeds anti-Semitism https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/04/13/measles-outbreak-backlash-passover-anti-semitism/3457375002/ • The Four Cups: Moscato Or Merlot? | Rabbi Yaakov Hoffman https://www.jewishpress.com/judaism/holidays/the-four-cups-moscato-or-merlot/2019/04/10/

• R A Folger and R E Epstein – The difference between proselytism and conversion | Catholic Star Herald http://catholicstarherald.org/the-difference-between-proselytism-and-conversion/ • R S Aviner – Vaccinating Against Measles http://www.ravaviner.com/2019/04/vaccinating-against-measles.html • Is It Proper…? – Is It Important to Wear a Black Hat From a Hashkafic Perspective? https://www.jewishpress.com/judaism/halacha-hashkafa/is-it-proper-is-it-important-to-wear-a-black-hat-from-a-hashkafic-perspective/2019/04/11/ • Watch: Letters to God Cleared Out of Wailing Wall https://www.jerusalemonline.com/watch-letters-to-god-cleared-out-of-wailing-wall/

• Rabbinical Alliance of America Recognition of Gay Marriage – Prohibited http://thejewishvoice.com/2019/04/10/rabbinical-alliance-of-america-recognition-of-gay-marriage-prohibited/ • A Nation Under God | Antonin Scalia https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2019/04/a-nation-under-god • E Gordon – How to destroy Jewish and democratic values in one easy step https://www.jns.org/opinion/how-to-destroy-jewish-and-democratic-values-in-one-easy-step/

• R A Gordimer – Yeshivat Chovevei Torah and the Ordination of Openly Gay Men – Very Mixed Messages https://cross-currents.com/2019/04/08/yeshivat-chovevei-torah-and-the-ordination-of-openly-gay-men-very-mixed-messages/ • Rabbi Avi Shafran: Assisted suicide bills highlight a society in conflict about suicide | Fox News https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/assisted-suicide-bills-highlight-a-society-in-conflict-about-suicide • Bring back metaphysics – Math Delusion https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2019/04/math-delusion • Prominent rabbis shown in anti-vax pamphlet aimed at Orthodox Brooklyn parents https://nypost.com/2019/04/09/prominent-rabbis-shown-in-anti-vax-pamphlet-aimed-at-orthodox-brooklyn-parents/ • ...

• First Chief Rabbi of Honduras will be its only religious Jew http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/261407 • German military to include rabbis, offering pastoral care for Jewish soldiers https://www.jns.org/german-military-to-include-rabbis-offering-pastoral-care-for-jewish-soldiers/ • He needs how much money to get semicha?? – Fundraiser for gay Orthodox rabbinical student raises $3,000 in under an hour https://www.jta.org/quick-reads/fundraiser-for-gay-orthodox-rabbinical-student-raises-3000-in-under-an-hour

• New York State Legislature adds $25 million for security in non-public schools https://www.timesofisrael.com/new-york-state-legislature-adds-25-million-for-security-in-non-public-schools/ • Finding Old Books a New Home http://www.jewishlinknj.com/features/30586-finding-old-books-a-new-home • Rabba Rousers http://www.mishpacha.com/Browse/Article/12350/Rabba-Rousers • Setting the Record Straight on Rabbi Lau https://jewishjournal.com/columnist/296305/setting-the-record-straight-on-rabbi-lau/

• Upstate Town Must Consider Brooklyn-based Yeshiva’s Plan for School, Dorm | New York Law Journal https://www.law.com/newyorklawjournal/2019/04/02/upstate-town-must-reconsider-brooklyn-based-yeshivas-plan-for-school-dorm/ • How the Frisco Kid got his Hasidic clothing https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/how-the-frisco-kid-got-his-hasidic-clothing/ • About Catholic parents but applies equally to Modern Orthodox – The High-Priced Spread, Revisited https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2019/04/the-high-priced-spread-revisited