The Siyum HaShas “Shockingly Has Nothing to Do with the Talmud Bavli”
The Event Shockingly Has Nothing to Do with the Talmud Bavli. I kind of...
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“So much of contemporary North American Jewish life is like running a heat lamp outdoors in the winter”
So much of contemporary North American Jewish life is like running a heat lamp...
“The decision of which siddur a congregation should use is both a significant choice for any congregation, and a choice whose importance should not be exaggerated”
The decision of which siddur a congregation should use is both a significant choice...
“I don’t see an end in sight to the massive private foundations dominating the Jewish philanthropic landscape, but there are definitely better ways forward”
…what has to change in the world of Jewish philanthropy and fundraising to make...
“Birthright Israel manifests the interlacing power of identity and endowment in American Jewish life”
Birthright Israel, the nonprofit organization that Steinhardt started in 1999 with his billionaire friend...
“Cohen’s analysis focused simply on biological continuity and avoided the substantive questions inherent in any discussion of the how of the Jewish future”
Until he was brought down by revelations of decades of sexual harassment, sociologist Steven...
“…halakha is currently paying a steep price for Orthodoxy’s exclusion of the queer community”
…halakha is currently paying a steep price for Orthodoxy’s exclusion of the queer community....
“For far too long, we have…[been] underinvesting in the ongoing professional development of the individuals that work in the field full time”
For far too long, we have overly praised volunteers for bringing outside expertise to...
“One of the greatest paradoxes of ‘the American Jewish establishment’ is that it is only believed to really exist by those who fear or despise it”
One of the greatest paradoxes of “the American Jewish establishment” is that it is...
“Community is messy; be wary of those trying so hard to make it clean”
…while Jewish organizations should be allowed to exercise caution about their overt structural partnerships...