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| Rabbi Shea Hecht
Should we stop Simchas Beis Hashoeva |  | | After my last Op-Ed article about young Tishrei visitors to Crown Heights, who come and spend the month without a program or supervision, I was deluged with response and feedback. There were those who reached out to me by e-mail, those who bumped into me in the street and some people who called me by phone. After thanking me for bringing the subject out into the open most people had some variation of the same two questions: A) Did the article help create change? B) What's going to be with Simchas Bais Hashoeiva? Can we facilitate any change there? ■ More | | | |
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| Don't send your kids to Crown Heights without a program |  | | Rabbi Shea Hecht | | The fact is that over the past few years, I have seen and heard about teens that have come to Crown Heights for the month of Tishrei and were seriously harmed B'Gashmius and B'Ruchnius. They were lost to their family and lost to their community. Leaving teens on their own - without supervision - is never a good idea. ■ Therefore, I urge all parents, with love and caution, not to send your teens to Crown Heights for Tishrei unless they have a full program every day of the week, 24 hours a day. ■ Continue | | 2 comments | |
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| The ABC's of dating |  | Awareness of what you need and are looking for in a spouse. In communities where parents do the searching for their children's spouse they should know what their children are looking for.
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| Peace for Peace |  | Contrary to what you read in the media, since its founding in 1948, the State of Israel has tried every which way to make peace with her neighbors. And still gives much more than it gets when it comes to peace. For the longest time I've been saying that when it comes to the Middle East the only way is "Peace for Peace." Nothing else will work. Not land for peace, not prisoner releases for peace or any other concessions for peace. Click Full Story for more | | | |
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| When a Police Commissioner Visits Crown Heights |  | | Rabbi Shea Hecht | With all that is going on in our community, Crown Heights is lucky. The Police Commissioner, Raymond Kelly, has worked in our community as Police Officer and the Commanding Officer of the 71st precinct. He would visit and spend time at 770 and was very friendly with the Rebbe's secretaries. During his tenure with the NYPD Commissioner Kelly has served in 25 different commands and in fact, held every single rank. I would think that this gives him a unique perspective of the tension and difficulties that Crown Heights has been experiencing lately. Click Full Story for more | | | |
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| Religious Pride |  | | Rabbi Shea hecht | It's no secret that I am Jewish; I sport my religion with great pride. When I read about other people who take public pride in their religion it gives me great joy. Here are two stories which I trust will be as inspiring to you as they were to me. First there's the article titled "Pilot On Mission To South Pole Takes Religious Articles With Him." Though there are only 2,000 other human beings living in minus-20-degree temperatures of the South Pole a small flame of Judaism will flicker in Antarctica over the next six months. Click Full Story for more | | | |
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| What Makes Marraige Work |  | | The title of a recent AP article really made me happy. The title "U.S. Divorce Rate at Lowest Level Since 1970" seemed like great news. But the euphoria lasted only one moment, because as I read further I realized that the marriage rate is down and therefore the divorce rates are down. This title only reflects divorces, not couples who live together without the benefit of marriage who then decide to live separately. In fact, not only are more couples breaking commitments, but many more are even afraid to make a commitment. Therefore, the title of the article does not necessarily reflect good news, but bad. The article quoted many different reasons for this drop in divorces such as pre-marital counseling, more openness towards counseling, more classes available to couples with issues, couples marrying later in life and a greater trend towards couples working out their differences instead of divorcing. Click Full Story for more | | | |
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| By the Price of a Gallon of Gasoline |  | | There are moments in everyone’s life that are simply telling. They are usually defining moments. | | | |
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| What I Learned From a Jilted Bride |  | | Kyle Paxman’s wedding fell apart six weeks’ before it was supposed to take place...Awful things happen to many of us on different levels every single day. | | | |
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| Accepting Defeat Over Victory |  | | Israel accepted a cease-fire before all the stated goals of the war were met | | | |
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| People Who Live in Glass Houses |  | | People who live in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones” | | | |
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| Financial Terror |  | | The historical facts prove:the largest number of Arab refugees fled at the urging of their own leaders. | | | |
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| Swedish Sensibilities |  | | I’m also wondering what the Hamas have been doing to advance the peace. | | | |
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| A UN Folly |  | | Iran on the UN Disarmament Commission? How ludicrous! | | | |
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| Challenge! Don’t Criticize! |  | | G-d gave us a spouse as a challenger - not a critic. | | | |
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| The UN & Human Rights |  | | Not only does collective low self-esteem exist, but unfortunately the USA suffers from it. | | | |
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| Muslim Supremacy |  | | Rabbi Shea Hecht | | Violence is used by cowards to control and suppress others | | | |
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| Academy of Fools |  | | Would the USA give such high honor to a film showing Osama bin Laden as the hero? | | | |
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| Partisan Politics |  | | Rabbi Shea Hecht | | To me it seems strange that this woman never found a good Republican to vote for | | | |
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| State of terror |  | | How can the USA or anyone else for that matter support a Palestinian state? | | | |
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| An open letter |  | | Rabbi Shea Hecht writes an open letter to the next prime minister of Israel. | | | |
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