“The point of living in a technologically advanced society is that minimal effort can produce maximal results”
This discrepancy between difficulty and danger is our civilization’s signature, from machine guns to...
“Managers would be wise to learn the art of the stay interview…”
Managers would be wise to learn the art of the stay interview. Put simply,...
“Quantification is the most overwhelming influence upon the contemporary American understanding of, well, everything”
Quantification is the most overwhelming influence upon the contemporary American understanding of, well, everything....
“…American culture offers little to model healthy sexual encounters beyond the threshold of consent”
On college campuses and elsewhere, not everyone fully understands and embraces the importance of...
“It is ultimately up to Diaspora Jews to make a decision. You are either native to Eretz Yisrael or…”
It is ultimately up to Diaspora Jews to make a decision. You are either...
“…calling oneself a “slut” doesn’t allow a girl or woman to wrest the term away from those who would use it to judge her”
In a milieu where females are hypersexualized, embracing the word slut does not seem...
“…this is what it’s come to. Rabbis today in America have to be proficient in the language of Iranian sanctions…”
Not long ago, I was sitting with a group of fellow rabbis when the...
“The first two elements of the Tosafist enterprise—i.e., (1) independent analysis and (2) integration of earlier teachings—were the…”
The first two elements of the Tosafist enterprise—i.e., (1) independent analysis and (2) integration...
“A culture is an internecine contest between alternative conceptions of the human. Which culture is free of contradictions between first principles?”
A culture is an internecine contest between alternative conceptions of the human. Which culture...
“Orthodox subcultures replicate successfully when their key ideas can be captured in viral rabbinic soundbites”
Orthodox subcultures replicate successfully when their key ideas can be captured in viral rabbinic...