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A billion light-years. That is a phrase I would never expect a Charedi magazine to make. Unless it was to dispute the very concept of something being a billion Light years away from the planet Earth. And that phrase was used matter of factly in a Mishpacha Magazine article about scientist Roni Grosz, a Kopycznitzer Chosid who is in charge of the Albert Einstein Archives at Israel’s Hebrew University. It described newly discovered evidence of gravitational waves - a key component of Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity. A theory that challenged previous widely accepted understandings of the nature of gravity. Dr. Grosz described it as ‘music to his ears’ calling it a ‘smile from heaven’.

Voor de kranten van De Persdienst schreef ik op 5 mei onderstaande reportage uit het hart van ultraorthodox-Joods Jeruzalem

It is difficult to post this. As a Jew, I don't like airing out my people's dirty laundry in public. But I also firmly believe that no one should turn a blind eye to bad behavior. I love Israel -- but this type of thing makes me sick. Jews fighting against other Jews...over foolishness.