Daniel Septimus

I’m currently in Jerusalem at a conference convened by Shimon Peres, entitled Facing Tomorrow, in honor of Israel’s 60th birthday. ...

Hillel — the 1st century sage — is one of Judaism’s great heroes. He is one half of the paradigmatic ...

Pirkei Avot 1:10 has some translation issues. Though I’ve been using a different translation until, now, here I’ll start with ...

Pirkei Avot 1:7 is a short mishnah with further advice about who to (and in this case, who not to) ...

At the end of March, I blogged a report I’d seen from Yeshiva World News about a man posing as ...

In this installment of From the Academy Dr. Galit Hasan Rokem, Max and Margarethe Grunwald Chair of Folklore at the Hebrew ...

Pirkei Avot 1:6 continues the conversation about social ethics, which began in Mishnah 4. 1:6 – Joshua ben Perachyah and ...

The fourth and fifth mishnayot of Pirkei Avot Chapter 1 begin a series of teachings about ethical socializing — and ...

The third mishnah of Pirkei Avot focuses on motivations for serving God and includes some very interesting language. 1:3 – ...

In my latest column for the Jerusalem Post, I look at the post-literary career of Anne Frank’s The Diary of ...