Jeremy Rosen
ARTICLES BY: Jeremy Rosen
The Holocaust and Remembering Ben Hecht
Yom HaShoah is an appropriate time to remember Ben Hecht. Colin Shindler has an excellent piece on him in The Jewish Chronicle, and two weeks...
Why Asking Questions Is Good
The Haggadah that we read on Pesach was a response to the tragic loss of the Temple and Jewish political autonomy some 2,000 years ago....
State and Religion in Israel on Pesach
The return of a right-wing government in Israel, heavily reliant on religious parties, is a matter of some concern because of the increasing encroachment of...
How to Make This Year’s Seder a Meaningful One
For some of us, every minute of the two seder nights is an absolute delight. Even the preparation and the cleaning. There is no other...
Adapting Jewish Law Isn’t a Trick; It Helps Us Preserve Tradition
The Bible emerged in -- and out of -- a world that was predominantly agricultural; a world where seasons and produce determined how societies flourished...
The Yabloner Rebbe
Usually I generate my own material. This time, I am taking it from Pini Dunner, another British rabbi now living in the US. His hobby...
Anti-Israel Hate and the Blood Libel
On March 22, 1144, in Norwich, England, Jews were first accused of killing a Christian child because, it was claimed, they needed its blood for...
Purim, Masks, and How We Disguise Ourselves
In Biblical Hebrew there is no word for "face." The Bible uses the word panim, which literally means "faces." It is an example, like mayim ("water"), of a...
Meir Kahane and Netanyahu’s Shameful Decision
To me, the name Meir Kahane conjures up an aspect of the Jewish people that I deplore -- a racist, violent strain of narrow-minded primitive...
Abortion and Jewish Law
New York’s Reproductive Health Act was signed into law by Democratic governor Andrew Cuomo on January 22, to a standing ovation and acclaim by state legislators. This...
Jewish Political Theory
It is often said that neither the Bible nor Judaism has a theory of politics or, indeed, of political systems. This is untrue. For 2,000 years,...
Forget Saying ‘Sorry’ — Just Be Honest
You are walking down a crowded New York street minding your own business, careful to avoid bumping into anyone else. Then someone smashes into you....
When Jewish Law Is Taken Too Far
"Halacha" is often translated as "Jewish law." But that is inadequate and misleading. Nowadays, we usually use the word law to mean jurisprudence. Halacha, however,...
In 2019, Oaths Are Meaningless
Anyone who has attended a Kol Nidrei service will know that there are seven terms in Hebrew and Aramaic for vows and oaths. They must have...
Stopping Russian Aggression and Applying the Monroe Doctrine to Venezuela
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Cites Free Speech, Declines Action Against Student Exhibiting Nazi Sign
Why Iran Objects to a Muslim Brotherhood Terrorist Designation
The Israeli Military Is Now Training Big Data Analysts
The White Paper: 80 Years Later