Laughter and Latkes

Inbox: Issue 987

“Yes, we ‘believe’ that the bnei Torah are the real soldiers — but then why don’t they get at least the same support as the soldiers?”

“Shir Lamaalos (Esa einai… ezri mei’im Hashem). It’s a song of longing, and also one of hope”

Both of these questions are rooted in the same conundrum: “entitlement”

“Okay, let’s start. At what point did you remove the scissor ban?”

Break away from the Lavans in your life, get out of your personal Mitzrayim, and only go forward

What does it portend that young people are so easily swayed by Islamist propaganda and calls to extreme violence?

The world’s store of outrage is highly selective, indeed almost entirely limited to outrage against the Jewish state

“This is why I joined the army. This is why we went through all of those miluim over the years”

“We made enough money to buy a bike. A good bike, even. Shlomo’s going to love it”