Daniel Septimus

Daniel Septimus is executive director of Sefaria. Previously, he served as CEO and editor-in-chief of My Jewish Learning.

Articles by Daniel Septimus

I tend to think I have a fairly good grasp of Jewish lingo, but this YNet article on a real-life ...

Iâ€™m a few days late, but I must take serious issue with my good friend Ariel Beeryâ€™s recent Blogs of ...

Today I’m shepping nachas for (i.e. proud of) two of my good friends.My college roommate Binyamin Appelbaum was recognized with ...

In the Forward this week, Abbott Katz begins his plea for new Jewish nomenclature with: “Stop calling me an ultra-Orthodox ...

If you haven’t yet seen Orthodox Stance, Jason Hutt’s excellent documentary about Orthodox Jewish boxer Dmitriy Salita, you can check ...

Is it possible that the collapse of Bear Stearns is comparable to the destruction of the Second Temple? That might ...

This year marks the 125th anniversary of Franz Kafka’s birth. Which is, of course, totally meaningless — unless you’re looking ...

UPDATE: It turns out this story has some major falsehoods attached to it. The FBI has since denied any involvement ...

Last week, a 15 year-old boy had to have his leg amputated after being wounded by an exploding Purim gift ...

In today’s New York Times magazine, Peggy Orenstein looks at the significance of Barack Obama as the first biracial — ...