Jewish Literature
The Possession, Drawing on Jewish Sources, is Hollywood’s Kabbalistic Version of The Exorcist (VIDEO)
By Atara Arbesfeld and Ezriel Gelbfish A Dybbuk is a mystical spirit that possesses the body of a living person according to Jewish folklore, and...
The Morality of Love
Something implicit in the Torah from the very beginning becomes explicit in the book of Devarim. God is the God of love. More than we love Him, He loves us. Here, for instance, is the...
100,000 Jews to Celebrate Talmud Study in Football Stadium
Nearly 100,000 Jewish men and women will gather at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey on Wednesday to celebrate the Talmud and Jewish learning in the 12th Siyum HaShas celebration. Many of the participants have been reading one...
“The First X-Men” Takes Aim at Nazi War Criminals
From the demented geneticist known as Mr. Sinister to the evil giant Juggernaut, the X-Men have battled some pretty wild foes over the years. But in an upcoming five-issue mini-series called "The First...
Salon.com Partners With Purveyor of Anti-Semitic Material Mondoweiss
Popular progressive online magazine Salon.com recently announced a content sharing partnership with Middle East focused news...
Where Hebrew is Leading the Way
Preserving scholarship, digitizing Hebrew text, and dramatically increasing access to archived scholarly materials written...
Author Deaths Leave Childrens Literature With Big Shoes to Fill
Haaretz - Among the most loved books on my daughter's shelf are those by Simms...
Continued Incitement Over My Kosher Jesus Book
The only reason I have decided to respond once again to Rabbi Wolfe and...
Responding to Attacks on ‘Kosher Jesus’
Rabbi Yitzchok Wolf's vicious attack against me and my new book, Kosher Jesus ...
The Possession, Drawing on Jewish Sources, is Hollywood’s Kabbalistic Version of The Exorcist (VIDEO)
By Atara Arbesfeld and Ezriel Gelbfish A Dybbuk is a mystical spirit that possesses the body of a living person according to Jewish folklore, and is...
The Morality of Love
Something implicit in the Torah from the very beginning becomes explicit in the book of Devarim. God is the God of love. More than we...
100,000 Jews to Celebrate Talmud Study in Football Stadium
Nearly 100,000 Jewish men and women will gather at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey on Wednesday to celebrate the Talmud and Jewish learning in the 12th...
“The First X-Men” Takes Aim at Nazi War Criminals
From the demented geneticist known as Mr. Sinister to the evil giant Juggernaut, the X-Men have battled some pretty wild foes over the years....
Salon.com Partners With Purveyor of Anti-Semitic Material Mondoweiss
Popular progressive online magazine Salon.com recently announced a content sharing partnership with Middle East focused news website Mondoweiss.net, a publication that has been described as a "virulent pusher of...
Where Hebrew is Leading the Way
Preserving scholarship, digitizing Hebrew text, and dramatically increasing access to archived scholarly materials written in Hebrew. Those are all likely outcomes following the...
Author Deaths Leave Childrens Literature With Big Shoes to Fill
Haaretz - Among the most loved books on my daughter's shelf are those by Simms Taback and Russell Hoban — two great and wildly...
Continued Incitement Over My Kosher Jesus Book
The only reason I have decided to respond once again to Rabbi Wolfe and the legion of hatemongers he now heads, is for...
Responding to Attacks on ‘Kosher Jesus’
Rabbi Yitzchok Wolf's vicious attack against me and my new book, Kosher Jesus - to say nothing of the insane comments attending his...
Deception and Desire: An Overview of Genesis
Based on a series of lectures by Rabbi Shmuley Boteach At the core of the book of Genesis the themes of desire and deception consistently reappear...
A Titanic Victory and a Small Cruse of Oil
David Brooks, in an engaging but superficial article on Hanukah in the New York Times (The Hanukah Story, NY Times, December 10, 2009), sheds light...
The Rebellious Man of Faith
The patriarch Jacob, my namesake (Jacob Shmuel) of whom we have read the past few weeks in the Bible, is the most maligned of all...
Vayishlach – Success Is No Substitute for Familial Harmony
Whole "Jacob arrived whole to the city of Shechem," the Torah states in this week's portion, Vayishlach. What a gift it is—to be whole, complete. To feel...
Vayeitzei – The Battle of the Stones
The Quarrel The rabbis in the Talmud focus on an apparent grammatical inconsistency in the portion of Vayeitzei. When Jacob journeys from Beer Sheba to Haran,...
