Union Jacked
Saul is neither the first nor the last of the wolf pack to unite the tribes.
Timeless Torah values
A competent preacher can make the Torah seem to support any cause he desires.
Not How You Do Hasbarah
I think the apartheid analogy is badly flawed.
The Sinai Lie
Sinai is not history, Sinai is a happening.
Boycott Google!
Imagine a Google ad that brings together a Jew and an Arab who were separated due to the Nakba.
Reality Check: the 1/4 Million Man March
Those who live lives of no sports, entertainment, or outdoor activities take what they can get.
Why Did Kayin Kill Hevel? (Rabbi Goldin Gets It Wrong)
The Rabbis are not sharing Big Ideas, they're arguing about nothing more than the plain meaning of the verse.
Objective Morality
Human beings are not objective. We're highly subjective creatures.
Open-Ended Orthodoxy
The question that I always have for those who are not invested in the revelation at Sinai is, why keep these 613 mitzvot?
Dehuminization
All groups have a mix of both good and bad people; it's the ratio that differentiates us.
You Never Forget your First
Hundreds of thousands of Jews participate in Daf Yomi at some point.
Something New that Makes Me Blue: Ruach Halacha
This reduces the halachic process to an entirely ad hoc system.
The Forward Newspaper Reveals They Side with the Greeks
The Forward resents the hegemony of the Hasmoneans.
Facebook Stock Drop: Divine Blessing for Marc Zuckerberg
G-d blessed Facebook’s CEO with this poignant lesson. Right as we approach the Day of Judgment, followed by times of Repentance, and the final celebration of Atonement, He blesses all of Israel with this lesson as well.
Leah Aharoni Hearts Apocryphal Heroines
Yehudis and Chana are not part of our holy Mesorah!
He Might Possibly Maybe Have Said What?? I’m Outraged!!
I wish there were a publication and verification process for gedolim.
A few Questions to Lover of Pope Pius XII
Why did the Pope excommunicate every single Communist in the world, but never excommunicate a single Nazi?
Everything I Need to Know in Life, I Learned from Parshas Vayerah
The absolute worst things you can do is mistreat the powerless and to behave selfishly #GOP...
Why Do We Need an Asifa?
DovBear Blog: Huge argument are raging right now on Twitter about the next big Internet Asifa scheduled for the end of May in Citi Field. DovBear briefly summarize the positions, and refutes them.
Top 10 Sayings by R. Shteinman That’ll Make You Fall in Love with Him
Here is why opponents of R Shteinman think you should oppose him too.
Why Do We Say the Angels Cried into Isaac’s Eyes?
This post will attempt to explain how the idea of the crying angels developed.
Anonymity Makes Blogging Better
The people who wish to end online anonymity are often also the people who think Kolko got a raw deal and would like to stone kofrim in Times Square.
Necrolatry
The desire to have contact with the dead, especially one's own relatives, is apparently universal.
Does Frumkeit Poison Everything?
Critical thinking just isn't kosher
Bullish on Hanukkah
We should view the Hillel and Shammai schools' dispute in the context of their founders.
1,2,3,4, Let’s Have a Twitter War
I am the crybaby, when he's the one who threw the original hissyfit
BMG’s Money Bin
Does anyone out there know where it all goes?
Shafranian Evolution
See what you've done, YCT? You've made R. Shafran legitimize RIETS!
New Square Redux
I was never so disgusted at a display of honor before or after.
In Which I Tell Ramaz What to Do
Bring the professor and tell him off in a way the students can respect and understand.