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
Ozick on Baeck
The New York Times Book Review this weekend featured an essay by novelist Cynthia Ozick about her intellectual adventure from ...
The Next Big Idea
In this week’s Jewish Week, editor Gary Rosenblatt begins his search for, what he calls, “The Next Big Jewish Idea.” ...
Questions & Comments
Over at Jewschool, folks are commenting on Jay’s MJL post about the Conservative movement’s decision yesterday. Is there anyone out ...
Responsa on Homosexuality
As expected, the Conservative movement’s Committee on Jewish Law and Standards announced today that it has accepted multiple, conflicting responsa ...
Today’s the Day
The Conservative movement’s Rabbinical Assembly begins its long-awaited meeting today to review its position on homosexuality. In all, five papers, ...
A New CLAL?
Last night, New York’s PBS station broadcast The Hidden Wisdom of Our Yearnings with Irwin Kula, a two-hour premiere of ...
Legal Literature
Today, MyJewishLearning launched its first new subject area in two years: Halakhic Texts. The section — a collection of about ...
DeLillo II
As promised, though a week late, my latest column for the Jerusalem Post is a retrospective about Jerusalem Prize winner ...
Yitz Greenberg on Polytheism
A few weeks ago, I wrote about super-atheist Richard Dawkins’ assertion that the move from polytheism to monotheism shouldn’t necessarily ...
Absurdistan Makes the Cut
The New York Times has released its annual list of the Top 10 books of the year, and Gary Shteyngart’s ...