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Wednesday, September 16, 2026

Essays After Eighty

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 "After a life of loving the old, by natural law I turned old myself. Decades followed each other—thirty was terrifying, forty I never ...

Tumah why Prohibhited

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 Chinuch (159) The wisdom of God is greater than all wisdom and that He only commands a thing for our good and for our great benefit — we ha...

How R. Moshe Feinstein wrote responsa, and what was his window to the world.

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https://onthemainline.blogspot.com/2010/09/how-r-moshe-feinstein-wrote-responsa.html   Shaul Seidler-Feller conducted an interview with Rabb...

Journalism, Controversy, and Responsibility: halachic Analysis

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  https://www.daat.ac.il/daat/english/journal/oppenheimer-1.htm  I would, however, like to discuss whether there are halachic guidelines inv...

Discussing Journalism and Jewish Law with Rabbi J. David Bleich

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  https://jewishaction.com/religion/jewish-law/discussing-journalism-jewish-law-rabbi-j-david-bleich/ The Chofetz Chaim was on the mark. If ...
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In Canada, vast majority agree both anti-Semitism & anti-Muslim views are problems; less consensus over severity

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  https://angusreid.org/concern-over-anti-semitism-islamophobia/ New data from the non-profit Angus Reid Institute finds broad agreement in ...
Tuesday, September 15, 2026

Sen. Tim Scott takes aim at 'dangerous' Democrats in fiery convention speech

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Halacha and Science

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 Michtav M'Eliyahu (4:355): When Rav Dessler was asked concerning certain halachos that the reason that had been given for them is not i...
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Donald Trump Jr.’s Bahamas Wedding Was Secretly Bankrolled by Russian Oligarch Close to Putin

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  https://www.propublica.org/article/donald-trump-jr-wedding-bankrolled-russian-oligarch-umar-kremlev-putin Kremlev footed the bill for hund...

Bettina Trump defends letting Putin-linked Russian oligarch pay for Don Jr. wedding celebration

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  https://nypost.com/2026/09/14/us-news/bettina-trump-defends-letting-putin-linked-russian-oligarch-pay-for-don-jr-wedding-celebrations/  Fi...

Why Republicans struggle to prove the danger of socialism

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  https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2026/09/15/gop-socialism-lite-risks-midterms-without-free-market-contrast/ When the GOP embraces b...

A Republican convention about fear collides with a midterm about prices

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  https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/6087693-trump-midterm-affordability-gap/ In a Reuters-Ipsos poll last week, 47 percent of voters said...

Democratic voters driven more by opposition to Trump than party platform in fight for the House, poll finds

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  https://www.politico.com/news/2026/09/13/democratic-voters-trump-opposition-midterms-poll-01073868 Democratic voters are more motivated to...
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Avodas HaShem

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 Rav Chaim Shmuelevitz (Sichos Mussar #33 5731): Everyone is required to thoroughly examine his deeds especially before Rosh HaShanna - the...
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