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
New Mag
I just got an email about the launch of JLifestyle, a new Jewish magazine for the British set. We wish ...
Podhoretz: On Nepotism
The New York Times takes a look at the editorial transition at Commentary: To some within the neoconservative movement, the ...
Condemning Violence
Several blogs have picked up the Haaretz report about 5 ultra-Orthodox men who apparently assaulted a woman and an Israeli ...
Change at Commentary
Commentary has announced that New York Post columnist John Podhoretz will be its next editor. Podhoretz will be only the ...
Elie Wiesel Digs Jesus
Last night, Elie Wiesel began his lecture at the 92nd Street Y with a few words about Jean-Marie Lustiger, the ...
Jewish Apathy
From AJWS’s Aaron Dorfman…As thousands of Buddhist monks continue to take to the streets of Rangoon in protest over ongoing ...
Auslander: My Two Cents
Shalom Auslander’s memoir Foreskin’s Lament was published last week and seems to be selling quite well on Amazon. For those ...
Roth Loses
Philip Roth’s wait continues. Doris Lessing has won this year’s Nobel Prize for Literature. MORE…
Does God Read?
Maybe God really isn’t great. If He were so great, wouldn’t He have made sure Christopher Hitchens wasn’t nominated for ...
Refusing to Play
Iranian-born German soccer player Ashkan Dejagah is making headlines for electing to skip his team’s upcoming match in Tel Aviv. ...