@DBashIdeas@AriBermanYU Orthodox Jews have never been closer to the halls of power in this country and it has become intoxicating in the worst of ways.
@DBashIdeas As an educator we try to make our students better people and teach them that being moral is worth doing even if it doesn't "get you ahead." When the singularly most powerful person in the world is an affront to ethics, it makes my job infinitely harder.
@DBashIdeas Is it heartwarming? Sure. Does it do anything to fix the major issue that is the lack of Charedi participation in national defense? No. Stop blessing soldiers and instead actually become them.
Bits and pieces of these three over Shabbos @ShabbosReads
Was pretty cool growing up in New Rochelle in the presence of scholars such as Ivan Marcus and Samuel Heilman, then getting to read their work as I got older and interested in Jewish history.
@DBashIdeas Not to knock on the suburban Modoxy that I grew up in more than I feel necessary, but if I was a college student who was looking for a meaningful Jewish experience the jaded Orthodox communities of Teaneck or the 5T are not where I would look. Those communities do plenty right bu