Daas Torah - Issues of Jewish Identity

  https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2026/08/13/trump-administrations-antisemitism-lawsuit-against-harvard-is-dismissed/ U.S. District...

  https://vinnews.com/2026/08/14/661432/ The 3rd of Elul, which falls on Motzai Shabbos this week, marks the 91st yahrtzeit of Rav Avrohom Y...

This account appeared in the Yated Ne'eman a number of years ago. The Chofetz Chaim had a dream of making aliyah. He tried a numbe...

  Snarky Karoline Leavitt has stumbled into a Trump trap — and will take the fall She's let herself become the face of the Trump adminis...

  Linked below is this week's LevinAt11 radio broadcast of Aug. 13, '26, Parshas Shoftim . מצורף: תכנית ראדיו רב יהודה לעוין שליט...

  https://edition.cnn.com/2026/08/12/business/truth-social-lawsuit The Intercept and the Freedom of the Press Foundation jointly sued Trump ...

  https://www.usatoday.com/videos/news/2026/08/12/trump-sued-over-truth-socials-100000-early-access-plan/91281414007/ The plan called Truth ...

  https://www.politico.com/news/2026/08/12/tolerating-netanyahu-two-step-why-white-house-can-live-with-israels-rejection-peace-plan-01033659...

 "In this book I trace the origins of appeasement, and follow its course from 1914–39. Often those who sought a lenient peace in 1919, ...

Avoda Zara (55a) Rav Yehuda said to Rava bar Rav Yitzḥak: Now, were I dead I would not have been able to tell you the explanation of this ma...

  https://www.politico.com/news/2026/08/11/americas-allies-doubt-us-negotiating-tactics-in-israel-after-netanyahu-rejected-peace-plan-010344...

  https://www.israelhayom.com/2026/08/12/diplomats-fear-trump-is-losing-influence/ According to Politico, diplomats warn that Prime Minister...

 Teshuvos V’hanhagos (2:410) Question: Is it permitted to vote in a room associated (a hall or basement) with a church? Answer: The Shulcha...

 Teshuvos Vhanhagos 02:412) Question: Is it permitted to look at a clock on a Church for the correct time? Answer : It would appear that th...