David Kelsey

David Kelsey has been published in Forward, Heeb, Downtown Express, and The Villager, is a former editor of Jewschool, and has his own blog, The Kvetcher.

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Netanyahu Not Welcoming the Strangers (from Egypt!) Who Want to Do the Jobs No Israeli Wants to Do

Sometimes it seems there is a disconnect between what American Jews believe is moral for…

Orthodox Union Poll Bolsters Need to Keep Baalei Teshuvah Poor

I have long railed against the Orthodox Union and its double-headed outreach group, NCSY and…

NY City Councilman to Solve Greatest Concern When House on Fire: Lack of Diversity

Like many of you, I suppose, I fear situations that may require emergency services. None…

Holocaustian Leader Seeks Jail for Holocaust Deniers

Where is the communal Jewish outrage? The JTA reports that Elie Wiesel spoke last week,  …

How You and I Will Build a More Moderate Islam in Switzerland

As many of you probably know, the Jewish community has mostly come out against the…

A Former Baal Teshuva’s Anger at Teachers

One of the ways that Orthodox, and even formerly Orthodox people (FFBs) attempt to silence…

The Two-Front War

While the Jewish Right draws outrage for U.S. foreign policy, it is the Jewish Left…

NCSY Expounds On Using Their “Cultural” Groups to Recruit Public School Students to Orthodoxy

In an Orthodox newspaper, NCSY dropped pretense of ecumenical goals of “cultural” clubs, and detailed their “kiruv”…