“Shoshana has been borrowed in Latin and European languages to become Susanna (and its pet forms: Susie, Sue, Susan, Suzanne)”
The lovely girl in Song of Songs is compared to a lily of the...
“…it is important for the halakhic community to understand that there needs to be different paths for different people…”
…it is important for the halakhic community to understand that there needs to be...
“If the accusation of heresy is bandied about constantly, with flimsy basis…, then it will lose any sort of meaning”
I worry that the constant misrepresentation of the boundaries of heresy, such that the...
“At the moment that our foundational religious stories began to echo too distantly in the past, a new storytelling rose to supplement what time threatened to take from us”
Hollywood is not only a fun factory of vapid entertainment. At times, Hollywood plays...
“…our society is defined by the revulsion and deep sense of soul searching that has followed each incident. Theirs, simply, is not”
When Baruch Goldstein murdered 29 Palestinians in cold blood in 1994, Israeli society was...
“Western democracies desperately need to recapture basic values of citizenship, of shared participation in pursuit of the common good…”
Western democracies desperately need to recapture basic values of citizenship, of shared participation in...
“The approach Abrams arrived at was to go back to the techniques Lucas used the first time around”
The approach Abrams arrived at was to go back to the techniques Lucas used...
“The continued success of the craft brewing industry hinges upon the production of consistent and flavorful beers…”
The continued success of the craft brewing industry hinges upon the production of consistent...
“…change that craft beer has created for the American beer drinker is the revitalization of public and communal drinking”
The second change that craft beer has created for the American beer drinker is...
“Many Jews celebrate Purim, but not the chassidic Purim. The chassidic Purim is unique in its richness and multiplicity”
Many Jews celebrate Purim, but not the chassidic Purim. The chassidic Purim is unique...