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
Remembering Saul Lieberman
Kudos to FailedMessiah for noting the upcoming lecture to commemorate Professor Saul Lieberman’s 25th yahrzeit. A couple of weeks ago ...
Oy, Spitzer
What’s the Jewish angle on the Eliot Spitzer debacle? Gawker helps us out under the title “Shanda fur die Goyim”: ...
Exodus & Revolution
MyJewishLearning.com is co-sponsoring a pre-Passover six-part class on Michael Walzer’s Exodus and Revolution along with AJWS, AVODAH, Congregation B’nai Jeshurun, ...
Fake Memoirs
Fake memoirs are all the rage. James Frey was never was alone, and he’s gotten more company recently.Margaret B. Jones’ ...
Openly Orthodox
Last weekend’s Jewish Week had an article on the new conversion courts established by the Rabbinical Council of America under ...
The Eighth Day of the Week
A community’s sacred texts shed light on its beliefs and values. This is obvious when it comes to liturgy.Hence the ...
From the Academy: Kissing Kabbalists
In this installment of “From the Academy,� Dr. Joel Hecker, Chair of the Department of Modern Jewish Civilization and Associate ...
Sharon Turns 80
Today, we’re reminded that — amazingly — former Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon is still alive, still in a coma ...
Send in the Jews
TMZ’s posted an entertaining video about former Israeli soldiers using their skills to protect the likes of Britney Spears and ...
Oy! The Unaffiliated…
It seems we Jews are not alone. The unaffiliated are everywhere!!! From the NY Times: More than 16 percent of ...