Daniel Septimus

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


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Articles by Daniel Septimus

Democracy in Israel

One of the key examples brought to question the integrity of Israeli democracy is the JNF’s policy of only selling ...

The Rebbe as Messiah

I’m a few years late, but I’ve finally gotten around to starting Professor David Berger’s The Rebbe, the Messiah, and ...

Yerida to Yemen

Thanks to Ben over at reshimu for pointing out this fascinating Haaretz news clip about a Jewish family returning to ...

Five Years of Trembling

To commemorate the five-year anniversary of Trembling on the Road, director Sandi Dubowski has launched a campaign to celebrate and ...

Teshuva (from a Christian reader)

Since I can empathize with the desire to do theological housecleaning, I thought I’d post this email we just got ...

Welcome Reshimu

Looks like there’s a new kid on the Jewish-media block: Reshimu, a group blog made up of bloggers that “have ...

Wanted: Muslim-Jewish Dialogue

Rabbi Eric Yoffie’s speech at the Islamic Society of North America conference has been flagged by other Jewish leaders as ...

Jewish Triumphalism, Jewish Essentialism

I’ve often expressed my belief that Jewish triumphalism (be it biblical or theological) is dangerous because it will likely lead ...

Bible Codes

Over at Cross-Currents, Rabbi Yizchok Adlerstein has this to say about a new Jewish Action interview about the Bible codes ...

The End of an Era

I tend to get nostalgic around Rosh Hashanah, and in my JPost column this usually results in a September piece ...

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