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
Enough About Heschel
It’s notable and laudable that many Jewish groups commemorate Martin Luther King Day, but I’ve always found it a bit ...
Kabbalah Centre
Though I have mixed feelings about the Kabbalah Centre, I do feel that the mainstream Jewish community and press has, ...
Shmuley on Oprah
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach was the featured guest on Oprah yesterday, and I figured I would take one for the team ...
Pitchfork to Matisyahu
Pitchfork has weighed in on the new Matisyahu EP, No Place to Be, and it’s not pretty. The big problem ...
Philanthropy Studies
A new development in Jewish academia: Hebrew University’s Rothberg International School is starting an MA program in Philanthropy Studies. This ...
Operation Screwball
Apparently, there’s a new grassroots movement to protest the ultra-Orthodox, anti-Zionist, Iran-friendly Neturei Karta. Its code name: Operation Screwball. (The ...
Renewal Rabbis
This just in from JTA: Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, founder and leader of Jewish Renewal, ordained two rabbis, two rabbinic pastors ...
Free Will Today
The New York Times last week had an interesting article on free will and the current scientific debate about whether ...
Making It
In my latest column for the Jerusalem Post, I re-examine Norman Podhoretz’s Making It, which will celebrate its 40th anniversary ...
Gershon Shaked z”l
I don’t mean to start the post-holiday period with death notices, but the great Israeli literary critic Gershon Shaked died ...