Daniel Septimus

I’m pleased to announce MJL’s newest section: Science & Judaism.We’ll be rolling out some more content (including a sub-section on ...

I shared my thoughts (I, II) on David Klinghoffer’s critique of Limmud NY (and “liberal pluralism, generally), now the Forward‘s ...

I received a copy of Meredith Jacobs’ The Modern Jewish Mom’s Guide to Shabbat today. I haven’t looked through the ...

As the aspiring fiction writers among us know, novels (and certainly short stories) do not sell as well as non-fiction. ...

By now, many of you will have read or read about Alvin Rosenfeld’s article “Progressive Jewish Thought and the New ...

Last week on MJL, Brigitte Sion offered her analysis of four national Holocaust memorials, and in so doing, noted that ...

Menachem Wecker has launched a new blog — Iconia — which will focus on the intersection of art and religion. ...

On Thursday night, Ultra-Orthodox activists in Jerusalem burned barrels of “immodest” clothing, claiming that female immodesty is the only thing ...

Steven over at Canonist has written a thoughtful reply to yesterday’s posting about his debate with Dan Sieradski. I had ...

Apparently the new edition of the Encyclopedia Judaica takes a skeptical position on this question. Find out more here.