“…we err in presuming convenience is always good, for it has a complex relationship with other ideals that we hold dear”
Given the growth of convenience — as an ideal, as a value, as a...
“If there’s any historical development over the past few years that has reinforced the new allergy to devil’s advocacy, it’s the ascent of actual fascists…”
If there’s any historical development over the past few years that has reinforced the...
“The last thing a woman wants to be worrying about while in the heat of the moment is whether her arousal is an expression of her own eroticism or a symptom of patriarchal oppression”
The last thing a woman wants to be worrying about while in the heat...
“The phenomenon of a minority people arising out of the ashes of Auschwitz to reframe not only their world but to also profoundly impact the broader culture may best summarize this century of Jewish influence”
…out of the trauma and tragedy of the earlier decades of the 20th century,...
“Fueled by a growing Latino community and Hollywood stars promoting the health benefits of the fruit’s unsaturated fats…, America’s avocado craze has intensified every year”
The United States had banned Mexican avocados since 1914 over fears of an insect...
“If you feel that these media influence and inform public opinion – and swing elections! – then abandoning Facebook and deleting your account may actually be civically irresponsible”
1. FB promised to be and, in many ways, has become a new public...
“The ‘most moral army in the world’ talking point is both substantively and tactically foolish, it convinces nobody…”
The IDF is not the most moral army in the world, because there is...
“Every Passover, we read the haggadah at the seder and we are reminded of the obligation to imagine ourselves being redeemed from Egypt…to a proud American Jew, living with equality and freedom, it seems impossible”
Every Passover, we read the haggadah at the seder and we are reminded of...
“The creators of the Mishnaic Haggadah structured it as a work of Greco-Roman rhetorical oratory, the most common and effective means of persuasion available in their culture…”
The creators of the Mishnaic Haggadah structured it as a work of Greco-Roman rhetorical...
“…scholars have argued that the Seder might be understood as a modified Roman symposium”
For over half a century, scholars have argued that the Seder might be understood...