OPINION
& COMMENT
Torah Judaism Embraces Both Faith and Reason
In Judaism faith and reason are partners. In Christianity
they are opponents. Ignorance of — or failure to fully
appreciate — this truth, has led to very upsetting
analogies.
What is a Human Being?
By R' Dovid Kornreich
The secular world bombards us with messages — both
explicit and implicit — that human beings are simply
intelligent members of the animal kingdom. It would seem that
the whole advertising industry is built upon the very
profitable premise that we are very much subject to
manipulation by internal drives and external pressures.
"And He Saw Repose That It Was Good"
by B. Re'em
With the onset of Bein Hazmanim, is there any
justification for yeridah letzorech aliyah, a
slackening for the sake of future resurgence? Is Bein
Hazmanim one of the regular `sessions' of a yeshiva? How
would Elul look if it were not preceded by Bein
Hazmanim?
Look in the Mirror
by Chaim Walder
Israeli Antisemitism
Finally. After fifty years during which chareidim were
described with every possible degrading adjective — at
times by people acting in official capacity — Israel's
High Court has recently agreed to admit that yes, there are
expressions of antisemitism in the state that professes to be
"the State of the Jews."
To Yated Readers
I urgently need some illustrative data about the visits to
England of the Gaon Reb Elchonon Wassermann zt"l, Hy"d
during the years 1930-1939.
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