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	Front Page Articles By Rabbi Steven Pruzansky (22 Articles) Next 20 Articles > 1) What We Can Learn From Chazal About Dating Rabbi Steven Pruzansky \| Posted Jul 07 2011 A recent piece posted on Matzav.com signed by "A Crying Bas Yisroel" chillingly lamented the plight of a young single woman, with fine personal qualities but without any family money or yichus, who sits forlornly waiting for her phone to ring with calls from shadchanim. Alas, the phone never rings, and for her, the shidduch system is an ongoing nightmare. Read Article 2) Embracing The Enemy's Narrative Rabbi Steven Pruzansky \| Posted May 04 2011 Reportedly, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had been preparing to unveil new Israeli diplomatic initiatives - including the possibility of further territorial withdrawals from Judea and Samaria and even the recognition of a provisional Palestinian state - before last week's bombshell announcement of a Hamas-Fatah rapprochement. Read Article 3) Itamar: Time For A New Paradigm Rabbi Steven Pruzansky \| Posted Mar 16 2011 The atrocity in Itamar, in which two parents and three young children were brutally murdered by believers in the "religion of peace," has shocked and dismayed all civilized people. Blame is always ascribed to the perpetrators, whose inhumanity and animalistic instincts know no bounds. But it is foolhardy to ignore the effects of Prime Minister Netanyahu's policies that have facilitated both terror and the further deterioration of Israel's strategic position. Read Article 4) A Tale of Two Letters Rabbi Steven Pruzansky \| Posted Jan 12 2011 Twenty rebbetzins in Israel recently issued a public call to Jewish women "not to engage in romantic connections with Arabs." The declaration followed in the wake of a number of cases where Jewish women either inadvertently or intentionally became involved with Arab men and suffered grievously as a result. Read Article 5) People's Court-Ing Disaster Rabbi Steven Pruzansky \| Posted Dec 30 2010 The recent episode of "The People's Court" featuring an Orthodox couple suing a laundry service for washing and ruining the woman's wig has once again put Torah Jews in a negative light. In addition to the show's regular viewers, countless others have seen a video of the trial and decision on the Internet. Read Article 6) Stretching The Rubber Band Rabbi Steven Pruzansky \| Posted Sep 28 2010 The Torah is defined as flint, a hard stone that is sturdy and unbreakable. It is therefore ironic that the year 5770 saw the Torah stretched as a rubber band - with the extremes causing the fraying of the bonds of Torah and Klal Yisrael and with no respite in sight. Read Article 7) Needed: A Jewish Tea Party Rabbi Steven Pruzansky \| Posted Aug 04 2010 Among the bitterest aspects of the ancient tragedies commemorated during our recent national period of mourning was the crushing disappointment felt by the Jewish people when we were betrayed by our erstwhile allies: "I called for my friends [those who had professed love for me] but they deceived me" (Eicha 1:19). Read Article 8) Saying No To Newsweek Rabbi Steven Pruzansky \| Posted Jul 21 2010 I've been reading Newsweek since 1975, when, as a yeshiva student in Israel, I subscribed in order to keep abreast of world events when otherwise not ensconced in the study of Torah. It's been three and a half decades, and my subscription, which lapses next month, will not be renewed. The reasons are reflective of the current state of American culture and mainstream journalism. Read Article 9) The Rise of Orthopraxy Rabbi Steven Pruzansky \| Posted Mar 10 2010 A few months ago, football's New York Jets willingly accommodated Jewish fans by moving their home opener from the evening to the early afternoon of the same day. That evening - Yom Kippur - would have presumably found thousands of the Jets faithful in synagogue and not at the Meadowlands or glued to their television sets. Read Article 10) The Will To Win Rabbi Steven Pruzansky \| Posted Jan 20 2010 Like the general who hones his military strategy by fighting the last war, America's politicians and some of its counterterrorism experts are engaged in thwarting future terrorist threats by diligently preparing for the past. Muslim-Arab terrorists hijack planes (this actually dates back to the 1960s, not 2001), and all passengers and luggage must be carefully searched. Read Article 11) A Teachable Moment Rabbi Steven Pruzansky \| Posted Nov 11 2009 Israel is, again, locked on the horns of a dilemma. Having been indicted by the "world community" (in the guise of the Goldstone report) for alleged war crimes in its conduct of last winter's Operation Cast Lead in Gaza, it faces unenviable and unacceptable choices. Read Article 12) 'Crisis' In Orthodoxy? Rabbi Steven Pruzansky \| Posted Aug 12 2009 The recent arrests of several New Jersey rabbis, coming on the heels of a variety of other scandals in Jewish life that also resulted in prominent arrests, have led many to conclude that Orthodoxy is in crisis and its entire worldview under siege and perhaps unsustainable. Read Article 13) Time To Start Worrying About Obama's Mideast Vision Rabbi Steven Pruzansky \| Posted Jun 10 2009 President Obama's long-awaited speech in Cairo on U.S.-Muslim relations met expectations. It was passionately read and delivered (except for one stumble: calling a "hijab" a "hajib," an understandable error), touched all the rhetorical bases and - typical Obama - actually said much less than it read. Read Article 14) Reality Check Rabbi Steven Pruzansky \| Posted Feb 25 2009 The ritual is as familiar as preparing your taxes, and about as tedious. An American president leaves office and Israel is asked to make territorial concessions in one "final" attempt to make peace; a new American president takes office and Israel is asked to make territorial concessions in order to jump-start his peace efforts; Israel prevails militarily in a conflict and is asked to make territorial concessions as a "good-will gesture" to the vanquished; a new Israeli government comes to power is asked to make territorial concessions to show its good faith. Read Article 15) Israel at War: No Guilt Rabbi Steven Pruzansky \| Posted Jan 21 2009 The world's reaction to Israel's defensive assault on Gaza was predictable and quite telling - predictable in its hostility and revealing in its utter contempt for the lives and redemptive process of the Jewish people. Read Article 16) The Generation That Transformed Jewish History Rabbi Steven Pruzansky \| Posted May 07 2008 The establishment of the State of Israel sixty years ago, on 5 Iyar 5708 (May 14, 1948), was by no means inevitable. Read Article 17) Words Dishearten, Demoralize - And Kill Rabbi Steven Pruzansky \| Posted Mar 19 2008 ITEM: The Jerusalem Post (March 10) vividly recounted the heroism of Capt. David Shapira, a former student at Mercaz HaRav, who, hearing gunfire at the yeshiva during the recent terrorist atrocity, grabbed his weapon, left his nearby home, and ran to the rescue of Jewish children: Read Article 18) The Truth About RCA Geirus Rabbi Steven Pruzansky \| Posted Mar 12 2008 There is a sign hanging in my office that should be standard in the office of every rabbi, communal leader, worker for Klal Yisrael or activist of any sort. Read Article 19) A Glimpse Into The Mindset Of A Judicial Oligarch Rabbi Steven Pruzansky \| Posted Dec 27 2007 Read Article 20) The Sin Of Yehoyakimism Rabbi Steven Pruzansky \| Posted Aug 16 2006 It is as unpleasant as it is impolitic to point out - in wartime, especially - that, despite all protestations to the contrary, the emperor indeed has no clothes. Neither spin nor sloganeering can conceal from the Jewish public and world opinion the obvious deterioration of Israel's security situation. Read Article
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