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	Front Page Articles By Rabbi Naphtali Hoff (29 Articles) Next 20 Articles > 1) The Enemy Within Rabbi Naphtali Hoff \| Posted Aug 03 2011 The recent pair of terror attacks unleashed by Anders Behring Breivik plunged the Norwegian public into almost inexpressible grief. At a poignant service in Oslo's main cathedral, the king and queen wept. On the streets nearby, a memorial full of flowers continues to grow. Read Article 2) From Half To Full Rabbi Naphtali Hoff \| Posted Jul 27 2011 A recent article in The Jewish Week brought to light something that has been afflicting the Orthodox community for some time now: teenage texting on Shabbos. The practice is becoming increasingly prevalent, especially but in no way exclusively, among Modern Orthodox teens. Read Article 3) The Futility Of Assimilation Rabbi Naphtali Hoff \| Posted Jun 15 2011 Just over two hundred years ago, an assembly of one hundred eleven Jewish notables convened at City Hall in Paris at the invitation of the French emperor Napoleon. These men, representing Jewish populations throughout Western Europe, were instructed to answer twelve fundamental questions about their faith and its view of the gentile nations, particularly the French. Read Article 4) In Defense Of Traditional Matrimony Rabbi Naphtali Hoff \| Posted Apr 13 2011 Marriage is under assault again in this country, as fewer adults choose to tie the matrimonial knot while the Left continues to lend civil and economic credence to unions of same-sex partners. Read Article 5) Persia and the Jews Rabbi Naphtali Hoff \| Posted Mar 09 2011 Approximately 2,500 years ago, a combined force of Persians and Medes, led by Cyrus II and Darius, respectively, set out to establish the most extensive empire yet known to man. This alliance, which would soon be known as the Persian Empire, would not only transform the landscape of the ancient world, it would have a direct impact on the restoration of the Jewish people in their homeland and the rebuilding of their holy Temple. Read Article 6) Fighting Amalek From Within Rabbi Naphtali Hoff \| Posted Jan 12 2011 For most of our history, the struggle between the Jewish people and Amalek was seen as an external one, pitting the world's first (and for many centuries, only) monotheistic nation against one that vehemently and spitefully rejected our core values and beliefs. Read Article 7) Alexandria and the Translation That Changed History Rabbi Naphtali Hoff \| Posted Dec 30 2010 The biblical book of Shemos, or Exodus, which Jews once again began reading in synagogues around the world last week, introduces us to a new stage of the Jewish people's Egyptian experience - a stage during which our ancestors experienced a rapid reversal of their good fortunes and political protection. Read Article 8) Clear And Present Danger Rabbi Naphtali Hoff \| Posted Dec 08 2010 Anyone wanting to walk in the shoes of disgraced financier Bernard Madoff was in luck, as thousands of belongings from his New York penthouse, including pairs of designer shoes, recently went on the auction block, and often sold for far more than the pre-bid estimates. Read Article 9) Appreciating Our Jewish Education Rabbi Naphtali Hoff \| Posted Aug 25 2010 It's become an annual rite of passage. Each year at summer's end, many thousands of Jewish children and young adults, from those entering early childhood programs to others attending post-graduate institutions, head back to the classroom for another year of formal Jewish schooling. Read Article 10) Restoring Our Collective Faith Rabbi Naphtali Hoff \| Posted Jun 30 2010 Rabbi Berel Wein has often commented in his lectures that, historically speaking, the best combination for a Diaspora Jewish community (from an Orthodox perspective) is a religiously observant Jewish community coupled with a spiritually disconnected gentile society. Read Article 11) Stranger Danger Rabbi Naphtali Hoff, M.Ed. \| Posted May 26 2010 Not since the height of the Cold War has our nation been this wary of foreigners, or this uncertain as to how to best respond to external threats to our national security. Read Article 12) A Faithful Remembrance Rabbi Naphtali Hoff \| Posted Feb 17 2010 Some 150 Holocaust survivors and European leaders gathered at Auschwitz on January 27 to commemorate International Holocaust Remembrance Day, which this year also marked the 65th anniversary of the camp's liberation. The primary address was delivered by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who invoked the name of Amalek as he warned those assembled of the current Iranian danger that threatens the Jewish people much the same way Hitler and his followers did some seventy years ago. Read Article 13) Redefining Progress Rabbi Naphtali Hoff, M.Ed. \| Posted Oct 21 2009 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's recent passionate address to the United Nations was very powerful and long overdue. Netanyahu's words came the day after Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's most recent senseless anti-Semitic rant, in which he once again dusted off the Protocols of the Elders of Zion to accuse the Jews of holding the international community within its nefarious clutches, while also recalling the infamous 1975 UN resolution equating Zionism with racism. Read Article 14) Distinguishing Icons from Heroes Rabbi Naphtali Hoff \| Posted Jul 22 2009 President Obama, our self appointed Moralist-in-Chief, must really enjoy teaching Americans about proper values. During his brief presidential tenure, Obama has railed against economic excesses, decried corporate selfishness, championed the need for universal health care, charged us with the obligation to be more environmentally responsible, vilified the Bush administration for the use of interrogative torture tactics, and worked to reduce American "arrogance" by extending humbled overtures of peace and cooperation to other nations. Read Article 15) There's a Cubs Fan In Every Jew Rabbi Naphtali Hoff \| Posted Apr 01 2009 Baseball season is here again, so it seems a particularly appropriate time to ruminate on this subject. Read Article 16) Bailouts, Financial and Ethical Rabbi Naphtali Hoff \| Posted Feb 18 2009 Our government's recent series of moves designed to help bail out the reeling financial sector from past miscalculations and indiscretions, as well as its willingness to grant an audience on Capitol Hill to representatives of the desperate automobile industry, represents a major shift from the free enterprise principals upon which this capitalistic nation has been built. Read Article 17) What The Economy Is Doing To Our Relationships Rabbi Naphtali Hoff \| Posted Jan 21 2009 We are all familiar with the general impact the weak economy has had on our lives or on the lives of those around us. Read Article 18) Preserving the Original Moral Opprobrium Rabbi Naphtali Hoff \| Posted Oct 29 2008 The California Supreme Court's ruling last spring striking down that state's ban against same-sex marriage created a tremendous uproar throughout the country. Read Article 19) Boycotts And Consequences Rabbi Naphtali Hoff \| Posted Sep 17 2008 The Beijing Summer Olympics represented the first time the United States and its Western allies unanimously participated in an Olympics hosted by a totalitarian regime since 1936, when the games were held in Berlin, the capital of Nazi Germany. Read Article 20) The Benefits Of Rising Gas Prices Rabbi Naphtali Hoff \| Posted Aug 27 2008 We are all too aware of the impact exorbitant gas prices have had on us as individuals and on the general economy. Read Article
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