Rabbi Yitschak Rudomin

Rav Yitzchok Hutner's Relationships with America's Gedolim

Part three of The Changing of an Era. (Links to previous parts at the beginning of the article.) Note: "Gedolim" refers to Great Rabbis.

The changing of an era, part II: Rav Hutner's disciples

At readers' request below are memories of some of Rabbi Hutner's disciples.

The Changing of an Era: Rav Yitzchok Hutner's disciples

Inspiration and memory - would that we had the ability to come close to the level of the people written about below.

As Russian threats mount, Israel worries

The threats are both nuclear and military, as well as to Israel's ability to act in Syria and danger to the Jews in Ukraine.Op-ed.

Taking on the abortion revolution

The drive to legalize the abortion revolution comes from the unbridled sexual immorality that reigns supreme in Western society. Op-ed..

America's six guardian angels

Roe v.s. Wade falls: The six judges reasserted classical morality in 2022 and for this, may God bless them! Opinion.

Biden's upcoming Middle East political stunt

Do Biden and his wet-behind-the-ears diplomats have powers of persuasion to convince the hard-ball Saudis to throw the USA a lifeline? Op-ed

The Rise and Fall of Israel's 36th government

As predicted, over the last few weeks the pace of the dissolution of this government has heated up with its demise expected shortly.Op-ed..

The Russian nuclear drumbeat grows louder

The Russians brag that they are can wipe out their enemies in seconds with nuclear weapons. Do they think they are alone in the world? Op-ed

The Russian nuclear headache

Russian tyrants have developed their own unique sinister vision of themselves and buy into their own paranoid propaganda.Op-ed.

Churban (Destruction) - Galut (Exile) - Geulah (Redemption)

Secular Jews pose a threat to the Jewish People when they assimilate In Israel, many have dedicated themselves to uprooting Jewish life.

"The Tinder Swindler" and the Off The Derech (OTD) tragedy

It happens among those successful and thriving religious communities who seemingly have already overcome the lures of assimilation. Why?

From Covid To Kiev, how talk of WWIII trumped the virus

How can we joke this Purim when there is so much bloodshed and suffering going on in Eastern Europe again?

Sacrificial Offerings, so far and yet so near!

Insights into the more symbolic and mystical aspects of the sacrifices as taught by the Zohar and other sources.

Make America energy independent again Now!

Join a petition of US citizens to Congress and the President prevent US dependence on Russian enerrgy! Op-ed.

The joy of completion - from Mishkan to Jewish home

As with the Tabernacle, every time a new synagogue, yeshiva or Jewish home is inaugurated, there is always great joy - and much in common..

God will always forgive The Jewish People, but at a cost

We can start from the present and work our way backwards in history to see how this works.

The Godly mystique of clothing

When did Adam and Eve become corporeal in the sense of being physical human beings that we can understand as our own physical progenitors?

The great Jewish house that refuses to be knocked down

The enemies of the Jews live under the illusion that if they destroy Jewish places of worship they can destroy the Jewish People.

Mishpatim: The Chaim Walder double life syndrome

Torah is an all-encompassing circle in which all laws are equidistant from Hashem, as Parashat Mishpatim shows.

To convert or not to convert to Judaism

It's a tough tug of war between competing standards of conversion, but passing a conversion law that is not widely accepted is useless.

Who knew about the Exodus besides the Egyptians and the Jews?

Yitro heard and acted on what he heard. What about the rest?.

Bo: Heads roll - deja vu all over again

Parashat Bo:(Exodus 10:1 - 13:16): The fates of enemies of Israel in Jewish history, as found in Nachat HaShulchan, the Breslov Haggadah.

Is G-d remaking the miracles of Creation?

The world needs to transform its understanding of its creation by accepting that all is governed by Moral Law in addition to Natural Law.

SHEMOT 5782

The more things change..

Pharaoh's words are mirrored by every paranoid Jew hating ruler ever since - and there have been, and still are, many.

Remembering Rabbis martyred in the Holocaust

Nazis targeted Jewish leaders, especially rabbis, as their first victims when moving into Jewish areas, because rabbis meant continuity.

War on two fronts

The USA faces threats of war on two fronts -- what are the implications for Israel? Opinion.

What Hannukah is really all about

Hannukah is not a Jewish form of Xmas, nor is it a version of Yom Ha'atzmaut. The festival has a history we should all learn. Read it here.

Ali/Eliya Hassan: A shock wave In the Syrian Jewish community

This is an appalling tragedy of errors of Shakepearian proportions that has pierced the hearts of many. Opinion.

Danger! Missionaries in your home!

Today, proselytizers have various internet tools - they don't have to come to the door or distribute pamphlets.

Haredim are not objects and not "for sale"

Does the Prime Minister prefer Arab influence in the government over haredim who are loyal to the Torah and Jewish state? Op-ed.

To dream the impossible dream - Israel's coalition

Bennett is performing a juggling act with eight political parties as hot potatoes. Can this work? Op-ed.

Have they no shame? The edge of the political cliff in Israel

Just what are the leaders and MKs of Yamina, Yisrael Beytenu and New Hope thinking? Op-ed.

A call for re-evaluating how we hold religious mass gatherings

We have had unimaginable peacetime tragedies that could have been avoided.

The first 100 days of Biden

Worrying trends, especially for Israel. Op-ed.

Political paralysis in Israel

There is no real ideological commitment on the part of secular parties, just animosities, leading to no dominance by Left or Right. Op-ed.

Will Biden restore Obama's White House Passover Seder?

A tongue-in-cheek spoof of an imaginary Seder in the Biden White House, attended by the many government members of Jewish origin. Op-ed.

What Biden said to Bibi, a Purim Parody

The world waited for weeks for Biden to call Bibi and then they didn't let us listen. On Purim, we can let our imaginations run wild. Op-ed.

Donald Trump is an honorary member of the tribe

Trump now suffers the travails of the wandering Jew- silenced, vilified, demonized, hated, humiliated as his enemies seek vengeance. Op-ed

Outreach and overreach, American political Messianism

The rewards and perils of religious, political, diplomatic Messianism in American policies. Op-ed.

Interfaith marriage: An outreach rabbi's emotions at Hanukkah

Joe Biden has children who intermarried with Jews, a sad living symbol of what has happened to American Jewry.

God is not abandoning us, He just wants us to move to Israel!

Regardless who is president of the US next year, God is certainly not abandoning the Jewish People! Israel's history is proof.

Torah education and outreach in South Africa

Jewish education in S. Africa began after WWII, but was shaped and nurtured by Rabbi Avraham Tanzer, OBM, from his arrival in 1963.

Irrational rationale for rioting and reparations

A Mid-Summer-going-into-Autumn nightmare that wants one group to get a free pass and preferential treatment over all other Americans. Op-ed.

How should we look at the pandemic during the Three Weeks?

The global pandemic we are in today is a lot like the punishment for the Second Temple, it is a long unending saga with no end in sight.

NYC Corona, Curfew, Chaos

Sharing an outlook from Rav Yitzchok Hutner in these troubling times.

The impact of the Coronavirus on the world of Jewish outreach

Applying lessons from Rav Yitzchok Hutner about the Holocaust to Jewish outreach at this time.

How many Jews have died of coronavirus in the USA?

As I look at the numbers, I also remember the personal loss of people I knew.