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The New York Times article on “FlatbushGirl” Adina Miles Sash raises serious questions about the whole “Ervah” (nudity) campaign. First, why do it? As the article demonstrates, the tactic offended the community, which FG knows very well; it had no chance of succeeding. In fact, Raphi Stein is quoted: “Contrary to her claims of helping…

My job in the household is to take out the trash. And the trash is typically pretty smelly. There’s something in it. You know, we make chicken. We make gefilte fish. We make salmon, and it’s the day after. It’s yucky. It’s gross. It’s in a garbage bag, but still I don’t like the job.…

Transcript: W1: Hello!Q: How are you?W1: I’m good. How are you?Q: I’m very good. Habibti (the female version of “Habibi,” meaning “my dear.”) Where are you from?W1: Oh You’re beautiful.Q: Thank you. So are you.W2 (offscreen): Thank you. You can’t see me. But thank you.Q: Oh, I thought it was her talking. I’m sure you’re…

Overnight, a highly propagandistic video surfaced that appeared to show two Lebanese women claiming they wanted to “kill the Jews” and “kill Netanyahu.” However, when you look closer at the actual conversation, they were expressing that they believe the people who were in the land first should have it back. They either didn’t want to…

I remember going to an interfaith Muslim-Jewish dialogue event and thinking how similar our cultures are. The clerics who do not shake women’s hands because it’s not modest are just like our Orthodox rabbis who do the same. The generous portions of food. Food as a language of care. The incredibly delicious Middle Eastern cuisine.…

Good morning. So I had some downtime yesterday and I watched Gangs of New York. It’s a very famous movie with Leonardo DiCaprio and Daniel de Louis, and it really highlights the interplay between politics, financial corruption, and sheer brutality. And in many ways, nothing has really changed even today, even though people may look…

The Iran MOU psyop was not just another foreign-policy episode. It was a stress test of American democracy itself, and it exposed how easily a public can be pushed, managed, and emotionally enclosed before it has time to understand what is happening. Phase I looked, to many observers, like capitulation to Iran: a U.S.-brokered memorandum…

“Lori Hoffman emails: Your Mar 5, 2009 page discusses something you apparently posted about Meir Kin not wanting to give his wife a get. I can’t find your original post but I see Morris’s reply and want to add my voice to it. I know Meir tangentially and his first wife, I used to see…

On June 23, 2026, former Israeli hostage Ilana Grizewsky testified before the UN Human Rights Council, confronting Reem Alsalem, the Special Rapporteur on violence against women and girls. Alsalem is openly biased against Israel: She asked, “Your report speaks of violence against women. Why is there no mention of Hamas?” See report, which has the…