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Rabbi Dov Fischer

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Rabbi Dov FischerJanuary 24, 2023
The ‘death of Israeli democracy’?
In fact, Israeli voters have continually opted for the right-religious bloc.
Rabbi Dov Fischer, Rav of Young Israel of Orange County (Credit: YIOC)
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Rabbi Dov FischerJanuary 16, 2023
Reforming Israel’s Supreme Court is perfectly reasonable
If a right-wing Court had been seizing extraordinary powers, the left would now be demanding the reforms it denounces.
Rabbi Dov Fischer, Rav of Young Israel of Orange County (Credit: YIOC)
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Rabbi Dov FischerFebruary 10, 2022
How poisonous is the NSO scandal?
U.S. jurisprudence believes that, evil as it may be to turn a murderer loose, it is a much greater evil to countenance the government’s abuse of its vast powers.
Rabbi Dov Fischer, Rav of Young Israel of Orange County (Credit: YIOC)
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Rabbi Dov FischerOctober 6, 2021
Why Kamala Harris ignored a student’s anti-Israel remarks
Those of us who have followed her political career in California were not surprised by the recent firestorm she created.
Rabbi Dov Fischer, Rav of Young Israel of Orange County (Credit: YIOC)
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Rabbi Dov FischerAugust 22, 2021
Why rename Judea and Samaria?
No one calls Jersey City “the West Bank.” Why not? Too much history there? Too many biblical memories of Moses and Aaron buying shoes at Journal Square?
Rabbi Dov Fischer, Rav of Young Israel of Orange County (Credit: YIOC)
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Rabbi Dov FischerAugust 9, 2021
For anti-Zionists, ‘Palestine’ does not stop at the Green Line
When Israel’s enemies speak of “Occupied Palestinian Territory,” they don't mean just the Gaza Strip, Judea and Samaria.
Rabbi Dov Fischer, Rav of Young Israel of Orange County (Credit: YIOC)
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Rabbi Dov FischerMay 26, 2020
Applying sovereignty won’t be easy, but Israel is used to that
Time has run out on the Arab waiting game. Sovereignty won’t be simple—nothing of monumental historical consequence is. Only one more month to go.
Rabbi Dov Fischer, Rav of Young Israel of Orange County (Credit: YIOC)
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Rabbi Dov FischerMay 18, 2020
The strange state of politics in Israel and America
If you live in Israel, it is difficult to fully describe or explain Trump Derangement Syndrome.
Rabbi Dov Fischer, Rav of Young Israel of Orange County (Credit: YIOC)
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Rabbi Dov FischerNovember 6, 2018
Why more Americans do not know the polite fellow who was not polite
We all know about Robert Bowers, the neo-Nazi who murdered 11 Jews in Pittsburgh. Yet most of us outside Brooklyn and some other New York City boroughs never have heard of James Polite. Who is he?
Rabbi Dov Fischer, Rav of Young Israel of Orange County (Credit: YIOC)
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