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As a Harvard-trained psychiatrist who has worked with thousands of patients struggling with bipolar disorder and substance use over the course of my career, I have some thoughts on the meeting last week between Ye (Kanye West) and Rabbi Yoshiyahu Pinto. First, the facts. Mr. West has been a prolific artist/producer in the American Hip-Hop scene […]
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An explosive new report reveals that much of the BBC’s reportage is deeply flawed, containing manipulated material, quotes from terrorists and terrorist sympathizers masquerading as unbiased observers, and outright lies. The BBC’s worst distortions concern Israel. “Claims against Israel seem to be raced to air or online without adequate checks, evidencing either carelessness or a […]
This Tuesday, November 11th (20th of Marcheshvan), is the fifth yahrzeit of Chief Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks. When I was a confused 19-year-old, I opened one of his books and was struck by the beauty of his prose and his ability to speak the language of faith in words that resonated with me. In a […]
There is no way to sugarcoat it: Zohran Mamdani’s election was a crushing defeat for the Jewish community of New York. We worked so hard to stop the DSA machine, but came up short. The city with the single largest population of Jews in the world has just elected an anti-Zionist mayor. Watching the rejoicing Mamdani campaign […]
Empires rose and fell, but Judaism endured. What's the secret?
