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
Kurt Waldheim, Dead at 88
This just in: Kurt Waldheim, whose legacy as U.N. secretary-general was overshadowed by revelations that he belonged to a German ...
Boycotting Israel
Earlier this month, the Anti-Defamation League ran a series of newspaper advertisements criticizing British organizations for their proposed boycotts of ...
Finkelstein Denied Tenure
The battle is over. Dershowitz has won. Norman Finkelstein needs a new job. I’m certainly not a Finkelstein devotee, but ...
Independent Minyan Study
Much has been written about the independent minyan movement (including several articles in the last issue of Zeek). But is ...
Who were the Rabbis?
My old friend Rabbi Jonathan Duker has just published a new book, The Spirits Behind the Law, which profiles the ...
Meir Kahane vs. Ehud Olmert
I stumbled upon this fascinating video (below) of Meir Kahane debating Ehud Olmert on ABC News (Nightline?) with Ted Koppel. ...
Woody Allen, Anarchist
Just six days until the publication of Mere Anarchy, Woody Allen’s first book in more than a quarter century. From ...
Clothing Store Apologizes to Israel
In its “Recommended Reading” section the Forward has noted The Independent‘s report that the Spanish clothing store Zara recently apologized ...
Center for Online Judaic Studies
The Center for Online Judaic Studies, which is being run out of NYU, has posted its first educational resource guides ...
Taking on the Chief Rabbinate
Props to JTA for pointing out Rabbi Marc Angel’s scathing critique of the Israeli Chief Rabbinate in the Jerusalem Post. ...