Beliefs & Practices
What’s wrong with this headline?
Today’s Jerusalem Post had an article that began as follows: Woman rabbi flies to US to preach aliya It’s not ...
Chutzpah Alert
Ynet News recently reported the following story about Rabbi Avraham Yosef: During a radio show on which he replies to ...
Debating Peoplehood
Over at Jewcy, editor Joey Kurtzman and JTS provost Jack Wertheimer recently concluded a heated debate about the state of ...
The Future (or Death) of Theology
The other day, Meredith blogged about Elliot Cosgrove’s Forward op-ed about the unfortunate decline of Jewish theology. But I’d like ...
Where Have All the Theologians Gone?
The week The Forward has an op-ed from Elliot Cosgrove, a young, dynamic rabbi out of Chicago, asking “Where Have ...
Dealing with the God Question
Secular humanistic parents and educators face unique challenges in speaking to kids about God.
Are you Jewish?
So while sitting at the offices of MyJewishLearning, we heard a knock on the door. Low and behold it was ...
Religion in the Public Square
Rabbi Debra Landsberg has posted a thoughtful reply to a comment I posted on her blog about a comment she ...
Karaites Revisited
Back in November, I blogged about the Karaite representation at the United Jewish Communities General Assembly.I wrote:But perhaps most fascinating ...
Anthropological Studies of Judaism
Changes in anthropology--and in Jewish studies--have brought about a new field of inquiry in academia.
Major Themes in Anthropologies of Judaism
Anthropological studies of Judaism come to grips with some of the big themes in Jewish culture: the centrality of texts, the question of performance, and historical change.