education

Jewish Monarchy in Israel

כ״ה בתמוז ה׳תש״ע (Wednesday 7 July 2010)

Will S. asked these questions: I’m Canadian, and an ardent monarchist myself; to me, it ties in with my patriotism, and my faith as a Christian (of the Protestant variety), and my disposition as a Canadian. Monarchy, though, is always at least outwardly religious; whether the Christian monarchs of Europe, or the Islamic kingdoms like [...]

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JFS and Racial Discrimination

ב׳ בטבת ה׳תש״ע (Saturday 19 December 2009)

As a university student in America, I once read an article posing the question: When did the modern era in Jewish history begin? The author’s answer was to point out that the answer depends on who answers the question. A Zionist might say, for example, that modern Jewish history began in 1789 with the rise [...]

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Public Education

א׳ בטבת ה׳תש״ע (Friday 18 December 2009)

Suppose private education were banned tomorrow. What would happen next? That question is not entirely academic. Progressives hate private education with all their might and they would absolutely move to crush it if they had the resources. Here in Israel, there is essentially no system of private education. At the primary and secondary level, there [...]

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Raising Dogs and Children

ב׳ בכסלו ה׳תש״ע (Thursday 19 November 2009)

Very interesting response from Carolyn Hax: “In my experience, dog-rearing style is a deadly accurate predictor of child-rearing style.” That is kind of worrying to me, because I’m quite harsh and strict with my dog. I have actually made every decision with him and with his training based on the concept that he is not [...]

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Deflowering Leftists

י״א במרחשון ה׳תש״ע (Thursday 29 October 2009)

Well, it’s quite a bit more challenging to deflower a leftist in that sense; I’ve never met a leftist girl who’s of legal age to consent and still a virgin, though I don’t deny the possibility of their existence somewhere in the universe. What I mean is: taking a leftist’s innocence away by pulling back [...]

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