“…the Jewish parent’s Hanukkah-time invitation to share his or her culture comes with the best of intentions”
…the Jewish parent’s Hanukkah-time invitation to share his or her culture comes with the...
“Without our particularist container, we lose authenticity; but if we only concentrate on the container…”
Without our particularist container, we lose authenticity; but if we only concentrate on the...
“The humor and pathos of “Louie” come not only from the occasional funny feelings that he has about his privileges…but also, more profoundly, from his knowledge that the conceptual and imaginative foundations of those privileges have crumbled beneath him”
The humor and pathos of “Louie” come not only from the occasional funny feelings...
Kissing scenes in movies are “a great opportunity to talk about values around sex, normative feelings of desire and arousal, as well as how to teach about boundaries”
When you let kids watch violent scenes in a movie, but run to turn...
“The ascendance of politicians like Bennett is not a sign that Israelis have lost their desire for peace, but rather…”
The ascendance of politicians like Bennett is not a sign that Israelis have lost...
“Twitter is a fast machine that almost begs for misunderstanding and misconstrual…”
Twitter is a fast machine that almost begs for misunderstanding and misconstrual—deliberate misreading is...
Evolution of Directionality of Hanukah Candles-Lighting
The order of the lighting the Hanukkah candles was not raised until the thirteenth...
“Judge combatants by their intentions, not their accuracy”
Judge combatants by their intentions, not their accuracy: One can only imagine, with horror,...
“The preoccupation of the dati le’umi world with the settlement issue…has paradoxically contributed to enhancing…the influence of the haredim”
The preoccupation of the dati le’umi world with the settlement issue—with seeing God’s will...
“We seem to take for granted that Arab countries can’t catch up to Israel on the freedom front, but isn’t that the bigotry of low expectations?”
Imagine if the young people who risked their lives protesting during the long-gone Arab...