Sruli Fruchter @SruliFruchter Twitter profile

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Sruli Fruchter

11 days

🧵Since October 7, I wrote about grieving, crying, and hoping with Israelis via @jdforward This last year taught me lessons never part of my life's curriculum. It taught me what it means to be Israeli:

I made aliyah right before Oct. 7. Here's why I stayed.

Making aliyah, or moving to Israel, is a big step at any time — but for one writer, became an even more meaningful one after Oct. 7.

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Sruli Fruchter

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11 months

Called @Chase to dispute a charge. Midway through: "You know, we're all praying for you guys." 20 minutes later, we're talking about Israel, Hamas, the Holocaust, Jewish resilience, God, prayer, hope. I didn't know I needed that. Thank you, Geraldine❤️

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@mehdirhasan How are you still playing victim? You implicitly justify Bin Laden's terrorism because of Israel's war against Lebanon, itself prompted by terrorism. Own what you say and stop gaslighting others for calling you out for it

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3 years

Someone told me he fakes his COVID test to gain access to @YUNews buildings for shiur. I reminded him about the clear genevat da'at going on, and he asked me if I'm one of those crazy liberals. Not sure if he's trying to suggest Rambam was a crazy liberal

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1 year

Flight booker: Ok, so to confirm: Your departing flight to Israel is Aug. 14. And your return flight is — Me, with main character energy: There is no return flight. This feels surreal ❤️🇮🇱

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3 years

Here’s a crazy thought: You don’t need to change halakha or challenge mesorah to make more inclusive Jewish spaces

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12 days

@mehdirhasan You're citing Bin Laden's reasoning for 9/11 to ... what exactly? Randomly share what he says as a fun fact? Or give credence to the Israel-based explanation he says motivated his terrorism? Seems pretty lazy and dishonest to me 🤷‍♂️

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Sruli Fruchter

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2 years

Can we just take a moment to appreciate the lowkey art @SefariaProject is creating

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Sruli Fruchter

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1 year

In case you needed Rav Soloveitchik with a rockin tan suit and straw hat, here you go:

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Sruli Fruchter

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2 years

We don’t talk enough about the mental/emotional exhaustion of dating. The invested hours of presence, attention, vulnerability, etc. are demanding and draining. Then you need to “restart”—repeat the same stories, questions—for new matches. Sometimes you just need a break.

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2 years

Me: *in Tzfat, drinking my ice at a random sukkah while someone without shoes sings Zusha songs* Random guy in said sukkah: Are you looking to get married? I think I have a girl for you.

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Sruli Fruchter

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3 years

Just had a disappointing visit to the @YUNews Caf. They were carding everyone for overpriced Chobanis & walking around telling people to buy Chobanis. A reminder why the MO community has had such a hard time getting past Chobanis. YU needs to do a better job or become irrelevant

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@mehdirhasan Are you a pacifist? Do you think war can ever work, and under what circumstances? I'm confused from your spoken positions

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Sruli Fruchter

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2 years

Finished this over Shabbos (started a while ago) and the last few chapters are chilling. Maybe the best book I’ve read dealing with faith, reason, and religion.

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2 years

With God’s help, the next time I come, it’ll be for good :) 🇮🇱

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2 years

If you didn’t get self-conscious enough with getting no likes on your tweets, now you can see how many people viewed it and decided not to like it

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Sruli Fruchter

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3 years

"I got a Ph.D. in the Borei Olam" - my friend, who does not have an actual doctorate

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4 months

@Yair_Rosenberg What's wild is that (1) this surprises me and (2) anti-Zionists will still deny it as antisemitism

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Sruli Fruchter

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3 months

I deleted my og tweet of @RealCandaceO giving Jewish PhD prof/writer @DBashIdeas because I put on the 18Forty logo when I shouldn't have Could have been my big Twitter moment 🥲 the sacrifices we make (not Christian children!) to not normalize antisemites Enjoy it here tho :)

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3 years

@Mandalorthodox The article says as one of its points: "It’s quite possible that the Jews would not have been persecuted across the generations were it not for the theological affinity between the Hebrew Bible and Christianity." MY GUYS IS DIPPING INTO JEW-BLAMING ANTISEMITISM 101

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2 years

Started working with @18_forty today. Is making better Twitter content part of the job description?

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Sruli Fruchter

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3 years

A chaburah in NYC where people speak about their souls, feelings, and Hashem

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Sruli Fruchter

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3 years

One thing Rav Aaron taught me that's a game-changer: Take your phone and message someone (anyone - friend, someone you lost touch w, family member) something warm and positive. short, sweet, one message Will change your day and theirs

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Spoke with @havivrettiggur for 18 Questions, 40 Israeli Thinkers about Philadelphi Corridor, Israeli leadership, and the price Hamas sets for victory. This is our longest interview so far and one of the broadest. Stay tuned for this and more from @18_forty

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3 years

Making a kiddush Hashem is never easy, but it's always essential

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4 months

@joshrfeldman @JewishChron Is anyone else wondering why Israel is so openly giving away its secrets?

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2 years

The duo you’ve all been waiting for — @AriBermanYU and @yu_commentator :) #YUgrad2022

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Sruli Fruchter

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3 years

Taking a Tehillim class this semester and each HW is heavy b'iyun work on a certain perek. I'll basically be making shiurim-like source sheets on each one, and I'm totally here for it

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Sruli Fruchter

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When war in Israel begins, antisemitism inevitably follows. Does that make it Israel's fault? Hannah Arendt and some American Jews say yes. I say no. Here's why. My latest in @jdforward :

Jews who blame Israel for antisemitism are only helping antisemites

When war in Israel begins, antisemitism inevitably follows. It happened in the summer of 2014, and May, 2021, and it’s been happening since Oct. 7. But does that make the surge in hate Israel’s...

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3 months

Frum Twitter - why is there no excerpt of Candace mentioning @DBashIdeas ? Who's in charge over here?

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Sruli Fruchter

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4 months

Moving is so much easier when you move with your friends 🥰

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Sruli Fruchter

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2 years

Sometimes people don’t need more mussar. They just need some love and a hug

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Sruli Fruchter

@SruliFruchter

10 months

Flying back home with all my brothers is such a blessing ❤️🇮🇱

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Sruli Fruchter

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3 months

I think it's inappropriate for a prime minister to spend any time making memes when his citizens are held hostage by a terrorist group and his soldiers are fighting a dangerous, time-sensitive war

Rabbi Shmuel Reichman

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Man with phone : “Netanyahu, did you know that they’re now comparing you to James Bond?” Netanyahu: “Nonsense. It’s Netanyahu; Benjamin Netanyahu” 🕶️🇮🇱

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Sruli Fruchter

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2 years

Had Shabbat dinner with my brother and sister in law at @avitalrachel and @BenZevG (incredible hosts and even nicer in person than on Twitter). I’ve been convinced that we need a frum Twitter/JTwitter meet up — and that the Upper East Side is very nice

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Sruli Fruchter

@SruliFruchter

3 years

Everyone try your own! Just had a disappointing visit to the @YUNews ___. They were ____ everyone for _____ & walking around telling people to _____. A reminder why the MO community has had such a hard time getting past _____. YU needs to do a better job or become irrelevant

Sruli Fruchter

@SruliFruchter

3 years

Just had a disappointing visit to the @YUNews Caf. They were carding everyone for overpriced Chobanis & walking around telling people to buy Chobanis. A reminder why the MO community has had such a hard time getting past Chobanis. YU needs to do a better job or become irrelevant

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Sruli Fruchter

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4 months

18 Questions with @SivanRahav ... coming to you this Monday on @18_forty 's new pod: 18 Questions, 40 Israeli Thinkers We talked: - Israel-Hamar War - The future of Zionism - That time Sivan interviewed Yitzchak Rabin - and more Stay curious :)

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Sruli Fruchter

@SruliFruchter

3 months

Netanyahu's speech started off strong but now he's just plagiarizing popular tweets from December

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Sruli Fruchter

@SruliFruchter

1 year

I'm more nervous for my loved ones in America than in Israel. Unlike America, Jews in Israel have a country fighting to defend us.

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Sruli Fruchter

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2 years

This is the avodah. @18_forty devoting a series to abuse is so important and so needed. Judaism requires us to take on the difficult, painful, and uncomfortable problems. Thank you, @DBashIdeas , for this interview.

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Sruli Fruchter

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1 year

If you want relevant, modern, and spiritual content, check out @Chabad . I am hooked by every article

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Sruli Fruchter

@SruliFruchter

3 years

Contemporary Issues in Talmud w/ @AriBergmann is underway. So many students are interested in the subject matter, but way more telling is how many are interested in an introduction to academic Talmud. (Hint: It's a lot.) Rabbi Bergmann is changing the game here at @YUNews

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Sruli Fruchter

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3 years

. @YUNews used to be rooted in 3,000 years of tradition but recently upped it to 5,000 years of tradition. Where did the other 2,000 years come from? Wrong answers only.

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Sruli Fruchter

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3 years

To everyone using this instance to generalize Orthodox communities — stop. This person is violating the rules and happens to be Orthodox; the two have no meaningful correlation. Following COVID rules and making ethical decisions are a universal problem

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Sruli Fruchter

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5 months

I have to give credit where credit is due: @18_forty has an extraordinarily touching narrative dropping this week about religious homelessness and finally finding a religious home I love, so much, the work we do ❤️

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Sruli Fruchter

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2 years

“Rabbi, I love you! Happy Hanukkah!” - fellow pedestrian in NYC Who told him that I’m doing semikha next year🥰🥰🥰

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Sruli Fruchter

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3 years

Things Hashem and I spoke about this am I wanted to share: 1. Give yourself permission to make mistakes — Hashem already has 2. Be kind to the ego because it also wants Hashem 3. Let good things be good 4. Hashem is really funny and if you speak to Him I think you’ll agree

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Sruli Fruchter

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6 months

I imagine this year’s Pesach in split-screens: I burn bread, the hostages hunger. I sit with my family, the hostages sit alone. I celebrate eight days of freedom, the hostages suffer nearly 200 days of captivity. My latest in @jdforward

Celebrating Passover feels futile with hostages in Gaza. But we must.

It feels cruel to celebrate Passover with hostages stuck in Gaza. Yet Jews have always kept the holiday, no matter what freedoms were denied.

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Sruli Fruchter

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3 years

We should start a hype house in the Heights for Frum Twitter

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Sruli Fruchter

@SruliFruchter

2 years

The first book my children will be reading ( @DBashIdeas can you include this in your “must-read children’s books?)

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Sruli Fruchter

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2 years

Relationships go through four stages: - Pshat: surface-level personality, characteristics - Remez: hints of values, beliefs - Drash: deeper hopes, beliefs, insecurities - Sod: secret essence, the very presence It takes time to move through those layers.

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Sruli Fruchter

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3 years

@avitalrachel is writing the pieces about Orthodox Jews that the world needs — highly recommend giving this a read

The Atlantic

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Orthodox Jewish art is in some ways a paradox: Art can require a certain level of transgression, and in conservative cultures probing questions are rarely tolerated. But a new generation is finding ways to tell its truths, @avitalrachel reports:

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8 months

My latest in @jdforward Life only appears normal in Israel—crowded coffee shops, congested traffic, frolicking schoolchildren. But looks are misleading. In Israel, every smile is one comment away from sorrow, every greeting one question from tears.

As a new resident of Israel, I'm learning what it means to grieve with a nation

I've never felt the difference between myself, a new immigrant to Israel, and native Israelis so deeply as during these months after Oct. 7.

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Sruli Fruchter

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2 years

Shnayim mikrah ve-echad Avivah Zornberg

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Sruli Fruchter

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5 months

I wrote a difficult article for @jdforward that I'm sure will initially upset many. I ask you read the whole thing with an open heart and mind ❤️ Comments, criticism, and literature are much appreciated 📩

My fellow supporters of Israel's war: We must grieve the horrifying deaths of innocent Palestinians...

Supporters of Israel's war have a particular duty to grieve the innocent lives lost after a deadly airstrike on a Rafah camp.

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Sruli Fruchter

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2 months

It’s impossible to avoid the banners of Hersch in Jerusalem. They stare in accusation: Why am I not home? It’s a question that will forever haunt me. My latest heartbreak in @jdforward

Thanks to his mother, we are all sitting shiva for Hersh Goldberg-Polin

Rachel Goldberg-Polin's agonized, prophetic voice emerged as the moral representative for the hostages in Gaza.

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Sruli Fruchter

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2 years

NYC Sanitation Commissioner: “The rats are going to hate this announcement” The rats:

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Sruli Fruchter

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10 months

Ok, I know I work for @18_forty so I'm incredibly biased, but the Book Journey led by @Malka_Simkovich is INCREDIBLE. First session is off the charts. So good. Just wow.

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Sruli Fruchter

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1 year

I wish my blood could be enough to save Israel, to revive those murdered. But nothing I do can bring those innocent souls back.

As a new immigrant to Israel, all I can give is my blood

I wish donating my blood could be enough to save Israel, to revive those murdered. But nothing I do can bring those innocent souls back.

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Sruli Fruchter

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2 years

To clarify: I’m actually not dating now because I’m moving to Israel this summer (b”H!) so this is more an archived thought than an existing reality

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@SruliFruchter

2 years

We don’t talk enough about the mental/emotional exhaustion of dating. The invested hours of presence, attention, vulnerability, etc. are demanding and draining. Then you need to “restart”—repeat the same stories, questions—for new matches. Sometimes you just need a break.

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3 years

The gadol you don’t know about but need to know about.

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“Not only has Rabbi Blau witnessed YU’s development in the last decades, he has also actively and generously nourished its growth,” writes Gaby Rahmanfar in Features.

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2 years

When you you see true Jewish leadership, all you can say is “baruch HaShem.” He knows who He picks.

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2 years

Can finally share that my in-laws, Moscow Chief Rabbi @PinchasRabbi & Rebbetzin Dara Goldschmidt, have been put under pressure by authorities to publicly support the 'special operation' in Ukraine — and refused.

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YU and the LGBTQ Case Thread: Yesterday, the court made the landmark decision that @YUNews is not a religious corporation and thereby legally required to allow an LGBTQ club to form on campus. This case did not begin yesterday. Here is what you need to know: 1/n

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Sruli Fruchter

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2 years

Excellent, excellent, excellent. Another powerful and informative episode in @18_forty ’s series on abuse. Reminded me of @Doc_RPS ’s thread yesterday about boundaries set in yeshivot/seminaries

18Forty

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How can we set healthy boundaries? We sat down with Rahel Bayar, a former sex crimes prosecutor who is the CEO of the Bayar Group, which provides abuse prevention trainings, to learn about awareness and education in faith-based communities. Start here:

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3 years

When you’re bentching from your Rav Kook siddur and get the mussar you need

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2 years

I have: - 10-paged paper for history class - 25-paged paper for independent study - 12-paged paper for academic Talmud - 10-paged paper for science class and I have not started any of them. So, I'm writing an essay on soul with my free time because priorities

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3 years

The silence is exhausting. For a community that loves to talk, argue, and yap about so many meaningless things, it's exhausting to see leaders speak about imminent dangers and appalling tragedies with such trepidation. Sexual abuse, sexual assault, corruption, etc. Call. It. Out.

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Sruli Fruchter

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25 days

I had a fascinating interview with the Chief Rabbi of Shoham and a founder of Tzohar about the interplay between religion and state in Israel

18Forty

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🎙️ 18 Questions: Rabbi David Stav 🎙️ Israel should not be a religious state, Rabbi David Stav says, and then its citizens could more freely welcome religion into their lives. R. David Stav is the Chief Rabbi of Shoham, an Israeli town with a large secular populace, and a

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1 year

Me when I get my friend a laffa from Golan Heights by YU and can't let them forget it

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1 year

🇺🇸✡️ -- WATCH: Donald Trump yesterday at his golf resort in Miami tells a group of Jews about giving them (Israel) the Golan Heights.

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2 years

@thevoos @haaretzcom The published a piece saying that it’s time for Jews to start believing in other gods, so this is kinda expected at this point

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Sruli Fruchter

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11 months

Oyyyy - I accidentally stumbled into Jerusalem’s big Chassidus sale and absentmindedly carried these to checkout and dropped my credit card on the card reader—paying for them! Then I meant to return them but ended up in my apartment. Ugh, what can you do?

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3 years

In class and my computer has 2% and phone has 10%, so I was wondering what I would do when they both died Then I realized I could listen to the professor

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Sruli Fruchter

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2 years

I reported closely on LGBTQ issues at YU for over two years. It's only when headlines are made that people speak about "love" and "inclusion" for LGBTQ Jews—and it usually comes after quoting halakha, not as a stand-alone statement. It's worth asking why.

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2 years

I tried to put words to the inexplicable feeling of fear, dread, and anguish watching Israel from afar. Read my latest in @jdforward :

As I plan my move to Israel, I fear for its future

As I watch Netanyahu compromise Israel's future, I'm scared that the Israel I'll return to as a new citizen may not be the Israel I love.

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“For these things do my eyes weep” (Eikhah 1:16). I hope, I pray, that these are not our blaring warning signs for the future. But I see Israel’s democracy dying in the daylight. My latest in @jdforward , as I'm set to move to Israel in three weeks.

I'm devastated by Israel's judicial overhaul, but I'm still moving there

The country can crumble. But I know now that it’s precisely because of this risk that more than ever, I feel the urgency of moving to Israel.

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3 years

We cannot fix problems that we will not acknowledge. This is disgusting, deplorable, and unacceptable.

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It was an honor to speak with LGBTQ students at @YUNews about navigating their religious identities. Their stories are deeply inspiring and deserve to be heard

How Do YU’s LGBTQ Students Navigate Their Religious Identities? - The Commentator

With an untrimmed beard, white button-down shirt, and midnight-black hat and suit, Leo Mongan (YC ’23) doesn’t look like your average Yeshiva University student. The 20-year-old, who is Chabad-Lub...

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2 years

The Gemarah in Berachot says that Eretz Yisrael is only given through suffering. As the twin babies’ cries grow louder on this flight, I feel our sages’ timeless words.

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I’ll let you know as I figure it out. Thread ends here for now

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1 year

I read this over Shabbos and over the last two months, mentioning both Dr. Zornberg and her work incessantly—both online and in person—and I take no prisoners

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2 years

Not to hype my own thread, but this is why local journalism is so critical. On-the-ground reporters who intimately know their sources and the news are what keep communities informed and, in effect, empowered.

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2 years

YU and the LGBTQ Case Thread: Yesterday, the court made the landmark decision that @YUNews is not a religious corporation and thereby legally required to allow an LGBTQ club to form on campus. This case did not begin yesterday. Here is what you need to know: 1/n

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@DBashIdeas I thought the same thing!✊

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6 months

LOL. First paragraph quotes a woman who posted “radical solidarity with Palestine means … not apologizing for Hamas.” In what world is it accurate to describe this as criticism of Israel??

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2 years

If you know me, then you know The Commentator. Below is my final editorial. My 78th and last article for a paper I grew to love. I hope you enjoy.

In Retrospect - The Commentator

I was never supposed to come to YU. Over four years ago, I published my first controversial article in The Jewish Week, writing that “Jewish students have to understand that attending a secular...

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LOL. First paragraph quotes a woman who posted “radical solidarity with Palestine means … not apologizing for Hamas.” In what world is it accurate to describe this as criticism of Israel??

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The Washington Post is outraged that @StopAntisemites is exposing virulent antisemites, so now they're writing sympathetic profiles of said antisemites.

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6 months

If God is perfect and unlimited, does that make Him omnifunny, too? Does He laugh at every joke because He has every humor?

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3 years

My university, Yeshiva University, received a phone call threat this morning. Just two weeks ago, a gunman held four Jews hostage in a synagogue. 2021 was the worst year for antisemitism in the past decade. We cannot let this be our new norm.

YU Commentator

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The @NYPDCT came to @YUNews ' Wilf Campus this morning to investigate a threatening phone call made against the university. It remains unclear if the threat was antisemitic in nature. — Shlomit Ebbin and @SruliFruchter report

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Said to an agunah who supports the mikvah strike: "You've lost all credibility for why you're an agunah—I'll say it right here.... I would not trust you for a flipping second." What a lovely culture we're cultivating

Frum TikTok

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The @MislaibeledPod convened an emergency IG live to discuss the Flatbush girl/ Mikvah strike controversy. They brought on and debated a woman, that supports the Mikvah strike until Malky gets her Get.

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Sruli Fruchter

@SruliFruchter

3 years

Syllabus was released for Cont. Issues in Talmud with @AriBergmann . Few topics: - Reading the Talmud in Context: Classical Method and Academic Study - Status of the Fetus - Torah and the Mundane Life - Income Inequality and Social Gap - Social Justice - Environmental Ethics

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Sruli Fruchter

@SruliFruchter

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It's exhausting and pathetic that we're still trying to convince people that slaughtering Jews is bad. I'm sick of it, sick of explaining, sick of justifying, sick of pandering to murderous, terrorist-supporting animals.

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Sruli Fruchter

@SruliFruchter

3 years

Me, Rav Goldwicht and Ishay Ribo @YUNews !!!

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Sruli Fruchter

@SruliFruchter

3 years

Shifra Horowitz. Defenseless, she was targeted by Walder. Resilient, she exposed his sexual abuses. Failed, she died by suicide. A Jewish woman who we failed, and she paid the price for it. She should be here today.

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Sruli Fruchter

@SruliFruchter

3 years

@YoniHammerman Can we make “yearning for Zion” a popular phrase

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Sruli Fruchter

@SruliFruchter

3 years

Spirituality cannot just be singing, meditating, and learning. Spirituality must also be purifying ethics, demanding justice, and living truth. It may be easy to live in our personal bubbles with Hashem, away from the world's pains, but that doesn't make it right.

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Sruli Fruchter

@SruliFruchter

3 months

I traveled to Tel Aviv a month ago to interview the famed Israeli historian Anita Shapira for — you guessed it — @18_forty 's new pod "18 Questions, 40 Israeli Thinkers" We discussed destroying Hamas, the crisis up North, and more. Episode drops tomorrow — not to be missed🙏

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Sruli Fruchter

@SruliFruchter

2 years

I'm writing my final paper for Contemporary Issues in Talmud with @AriBergmann and wrote "Hazal." In short, this is me rn:

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Sruli Fruchter

@SruliFruchter

3 years

I love reading my journal from 2 or 3 years ago. Time is one of Hashem's greatest gifts

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Sruli Fruchter

@SruliFruchter

3 years

Getting an email from a well-known adult from my hometown, the night before Yom Kippur, that The Commentator's publication of a rape survivor's story is "rechilos and assur" and "the biggest chillel Hashem" is sad, ironic, and telling on so many levels.

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Sruli Fruchter

@SruliFruchter

3 years

At YU conversation with @AriBermanYU and Sheikh Dr. Mohammad Al-Issa: President Berman: What in the past prevented something like this from happening before? Sheikh Al-Issa: Maybe I was never invited

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Sruli Fruchter

@SruliFruchter

3 years

At @YUNews ’ Model UN and I think that my “meet the chairs” section really gets me

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Sruli Fruchter

@SruliFruchter

1 year

Years ago, an Israeli family asked how my family felt about my planned aliyah. "They're happy," I joked. "Now they'll have a place to stay by when they want to." Everyone laughed—except for the father. He stared at me: "When they want to, or when they need to."

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Sruli Fruchter

@SruliFruchter

3 years

. @BenZevG and @avitalrachel 's new shul on Upper East Side: I don't know anything about it except that it will be revolutionary. We need leaders committed to the future of Jewish History, and they are that. My brother and sister-in-law live on the UES - iyH I'll go there myself

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