Beliefs and concepts
The Problem With Moral Relativity
In 1877, Felix Adler, the son of a rabbi, started the Ethical Culture Society. One of the main tenets of the...
Distorting (A Messiah Project, 13C) Comes to an End
Distorting (a messiah project, 13C) by Justin Stewart, which ends this weekend is an installation depicting the concept of messiah as existed in the 13th century. Fleece is stretched to look like a hard form and...
Darwin Akbar! “Darwin is God, and I – Dr. Jerry Coyne – Am His Prophet!” (Part 2)
Dr. Jerry Coyne, evolutionary biologist at the University of Chicago, is a deeply religious man. His religion is called Scientific Naturalism. The central dogma of this particular religion is that every phenomenon in human experience...
Learning From Everything
Jonah Lehrer's latest book, Imagination: How Creativity Works, challenges us to rethink our ideas about innovation and the limitations we so often place on ourselves. We buy into the myth that creativity has to do with the...
Why Does G-d Allow Children to be Born with Mental Disability?
Arriving in LA to serve as scholar-in-residence this past weekend, I picked up the handsome...
40 Days of Fasting? Don’t Drop the Torah
WSJ - Rabbi Robert Wolkoff has a recurrent nightmare. A congregant is lifting a...
Bullying is No Joking Matter
Indiana's Herald Bulletin published a recent editorial in response to bullying, which is defined ...
Kosher or Not, Life is a Journey
Laurel Snyder, an accomplished poet and author of children's books recently published a piece on...
British Rabbi Answers: Is God a Woman? (VIDEO)
Have you ever wondered if God is a woman? Ancient cultures, including in Greece and Rome...
The Problem With Moral Relativity
In 1877, Felix Adler, the son of a rabbi, started the Ethical Culture Society. One of the main tenets of the society...
Distorting (A Messiah Project, 13C) Comes to an End
Distorting (a messiah project, 13C) by Justin Stewart, which ends this weekend is an installation depicting the concept of messiah as existed in the 13th century....
Darwin Akbar! “Darwin is God, and I – Dr. Jerry Coyne – Am His Prophet!” (Part 2)
Dr. Jerry Coyne, evolutionary biologist at the University of Chicago, is a deeply religious man. His religion is called Scientific Naturalism. The central dogma of...
Learning From Everything
Jonah Lehrer's latest book, Imagination: How Creativity Works, challenges us to rethink our ideas about innovation and the limitations we so often place on ourselves. We buy...
Why Does G-d Allow Children to be Born with Mental Disability?
Arriving in LA to serve as scholar-in-residence this past weekend, I picked up the handsome brochure put out by Chabad.org on the weekly Torah reading....
40 Days of Fasting? Don’t Drop the Torah
WSJ - Rabbi Robert Wolkoff has a recurrent nightmare. A congregant is lifting a holy Torah scroll high up in the air when it...
Bullying is No Joking Matter
Indiana's Herald Bulletin published a recent editorial in response to bullying, which is defined by the state as "repeated acts or gestures intended to...
Kosher or Not, Life is a Journey
Laurel Snyder, an accomplished poet and author of children's books recently published a piece on CNN's "Belief Blog", examining her journey raising religious (but not...
British Rabbi Answers: Is God a Woman? (VIDEO)
Have you ever wondered if God is a woman? Ancient cultures, including in Greece and Rome used to believe in the idea. On a recent episode...
A Precious Commodity: Humility
Humility is a fragile commodity. Proverbs believes that it comes with tragedy. Once you've suffered, your pride diminishes. Humility takes over. But we...
A Call to Remember From the Depths of Our Souls
Yom HaShoah, the day set aside in the Jewish calendar for Holocaust remembrance. During the nightmare years of the Shoah one moment stands out for what...
The Trepidation of the World
We count 50 days between Passover and Shavuot, officially called the Omer. Traditionally this is regarded as a time of mourning because of...
Crossing The Sea To Go Backwards
We Jews are a fractious lot. And the Hasidic world is the ultimate in bitter religious splits. Satmar, the largest dynasty today, has two...
49 Days of the Omer: Live on the Huffington Post
The Huffington Post will live blog all 49 days between Passover and the Jewish holiday of Shavuot, known as the Omer. The site's religion page, run...
