The one that moved me to tears the most was The Kichels. Sounds strange— a comic strip bringing a grown woman to her knees
I was deeply disturbed by your headline declaring the meeting of Ambassador Mike Huckabee with leading roshei yeshivah as a “meeting of hearts and minds.” While I would not have considered the entire item deserving of front-page status, that is obviously subject to editorial discretion.
How, however, a magazine that is not only Orthodox but prides itself on following the most rigorous standards and right-wing views, could possibly describe the meeting of an evangelical Christian with Torah scholars of the first rank as a “meeting of hearts and minds” is beyond me.
As per the Britannica dictionary, evangelical (or Evangelical) is used “of or relating to a Christian sect or group that stresses the authority of the Bible, the importance of believing that [oso ha’ish] saved you… and the preaching of these beliefs to other people.”
Indeed, the word itself is from the Greek word meaning to share the “good news,” which Mr. Huckabee — like almost all other religious Christians — feels religiously impelled to share with others, most prominently Jews, so as to effect their ultimate salvation.
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