Jewish History & Text
My first seder without my daughter and son-in-law
Why do the Jews still exist?
The response of French Jews to the post-1967 outburst of antisemitism offers lessons that can help us today
Every golem story is a story of humans seeking to imitate the Divine creative urge
When Jews are persecuted, so are their books. When Jews thrive, so do their books. They are fellow travelers on the epic journey of Jewish civilization
History would suggest that rather than resist steel because it can be beaten into swords, we do better to embrace it and make plowshares instead
The situation we face today will require us to go beyond a legal response into theological, anthropological, and philosophical territory, because it questions the very assumptions upon which the halakhic edifice is built
From “Technology: The Experience,” a special section exploring technology’s influence on Jewish life: With Jewish learning more accessible than ever, is anything lost?
The technology that has opened our eyes to people far away is closing our ears to opinions different from our own
“Our tradition insists we act responsibly, but with maximum urgency.”