“…both the Babylonian Talmud and Middle Persian literature are preoccupied with the preferred contours of the female body”
…it is noteworthy how, despite the differences in subject matter (Jewish marital law versus...
“What is clear is that the ongoing vitality of American Modern Orthodoxy, and ultimately its survival, will depend upon the emergence of new causes or visions that generate pride and solidify a broad identification…”
For over two centuries, factions both in Europe and North America loosely assembled under...
“The American memorial style is powerful as an engine of pathos, but is obviously limited as a language of representation”
On the one hand, no agreed-on figural style can any longer represent a society...
“Most Jews fear to read the New Testament, and most Christians read the New Testament unaware it is permeated with Jewish ideas and images”
Most Jews fear to read the New Testament, and most Christians read the New...
“…we should be investing more money, not less, in fundraising, because fundraising is the one thing that has the potential to multiply the amount of money available for the cause that we care about so deeply”
…this one very dangerous question, which is, “What percentage of my donation goes to...
“We now see what happens when we cede any freedoms out of fear of retribution or of offending religious sensibilities…”
The events of the past week are yet more proof that the world is...
“Our generation does not want its epitaph to read, “We kept charity overhead low.” We want it to read that we changed the world…”
This is what happens when we confuse morality with frugality. We’ve all been taught...
“Globalization is not comfortable — it challenges long-held assumptions and can be humbling and even humiliating. For us, it’s a historical default position”
The jazz pianist Herbie Hancock said that, “Globalization means we have to re-examine some...
Rabbi Isaac of Dampierre and His Students
Ri is known to have lectured on the entire talmudic corpus and his academy...
“Fanaticism is the most dangerous -ism, and its iteration in the Muslim world no longer can be disguised as…”
The murder of four innocent Jews at Hyper Cacher following the Hebdo attacks reminds...