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
Still in Kansas, Toto
More science and religion news today: For the fourth time in eight years, the Kansas Board of Education is preparing ...
Young Earth Creationist
In light of MJL’s new Science & Judaism section, the case of paleontologist Marcus Ross is worth noting. The New ...
The Ecstasy of Influence
Some people consider Jonathan Lethem a Jewish writer because he’s Jewish (or half-Jewish, at least), but I’m not not going ...
This Week in Zionism
For me, this week has yielded some very productive thinking about Israel and Zionism. In addition to the blogging and ...
Israel’s Soul
As I mentioned yesterday, Alvin Rosenfeld begins his essay “Progressive Jewish Thought and the New Anti-Semitism” with several harrowing pages ...
Six Points Fellows Announced
The Six Points Fellowship, which will offer 12 New York-based artists a $25,000 stipend, up to $20,000 in project support, ...
Destroying the Jewish Race
In “Oops, I meant…” news, JTA reports: The minister at a Maine church apologized for a newspaper ad touting a ...
That Anti-Semitism Article
I know I’m a week late, but I finally got around to reading Alvin Rosenfeld’s AJC article “Progressive Jewish Thought ...
More Walt & Mearsheimer
I just received Farrar, Straus, & Giroux’s preview of its Fall 2007 books, and Stephen Walt and John Mearsheimer’s The ...
Praying for My Soul
Overheard at the Brooklyn Writer’s Space in Park Slope…Woman: You know that coffee shop Postmark?Man: Yeah.Woman: It’s a front! Christian ...