Eli Steinberg lives in New Jersey with his wife and five children. They are not responsible for his opinions, which he has been putting into words over the last decade, and which have been published across Jewish and general media. You can tweet the hottest of your takes at him @HaMeturgeman.
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By Eli Steinberg
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Opinion Conflating anti-Zionism with antisemitism erases the violence Orthodox Jews like me face
A lot of antisemitism — perhaps even most — has little or nothing to do with the State of Israel. While anti-Zionism often serves as a helpful cover for overt bigots, conflating the two not only misunderstands and misstates the problem, but is also dangerous. Last week, the American Jewish Committee published a survey about…
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Opinion Many Orthodox Americans feel more in common with Republicans than with fellow Jews
Generally speaking, American Jews are liberal and identify with the Democratic Party. That is, apparently, unless you are Orthodox. The new Pew study released this week found that 75% of Orthodox Jews identify as Republican, up from 57% in 2013, the last time a similar survey was conducted. None of this, I would venture, is…
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Opinion How to get some Haredi children to stop wearing blackface on Purim
Six months ago, in a September interview with The New York Times, Chris Rock was asked about the effort then underway to expunge all uses of blackface in TV and movies. Specifically, the interviewer wanted to know whether Rock thought society was taking things too far. “If I say they are, then I’m the worst…
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Opinion The Haredi community is more than Heshy Tischler — let us tell our own stories
. Back in the summer of 2016, five police officers were killed in Dallas as ostensible “payback” for police shootings of unarmed Black men around the country. Former President George W. Bush, speaking at the officers’ memorial service, accurately summed up precisely what it was about that moment in time that made the massacre possible….
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Opinion I voted for Trump, but I didn’t sign up for this
For my children, Wednesday felt like any other day. I picked my 12-year-old up from his yeshiva at the same time a mob of President Trump’s supporters was making its way through the Capitol building. Wondering whether he knew what was going on, I asked him about it. He had an idea — he’d heard…
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Opinion Uncertainty is the new normal – and the best possible election outcome
A week ago, all of the experts and pundits and polls were telling us the same thing: The election was a done deal, and it would be a blowout. Vice President Joe Biden and the Democrats were winning big. They were going to make gains in the House, win the Senate, and possibly turning Texas…
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Opinion Debate | Is Trump good or bad for the Jews?
The U.S. presidential election has divided Jews as it has the whole country. While recent surveys show that some three-quarters of Jewish voters support former Vice President Joe Biden, as they have largely backed Democrats for the last century, a sizable portion of our communities are siding with the incumbent Republican President Donald Trump. With…
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Opinion Amy Coney Barrett reminds me of all the Haredi mothers I admire
On Monday night the Senate will wrap up the confirmation of Judge Amy Coney Barrett, who will be voted in to replace Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Court. It’s a good time to pause and recognize something astonishing about the confirmation proceedings: For a time as politically riven as ours, Judge Barrett’s confirmation…
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