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Jewish Relativity, Revisited
Buffer Fellow Jewneric blogger, Joshua Einstein, writes about a common argument made by Jewish outreach organizations: “the secular world is morally relative and adrift†and only religion provides “moral constancy”.... Read More »
Jewish Relativity
Buffer Religious leaders often posit that the secular world is morally relative and adrift. The changing and metastasizing values of the larger world are no doubt foreboding and challenging but... Read More »
The Official Jewish Mother’s Day
Buffer After the back to back celebrations in the Jewish month of Tishrei, many Jews look forward to a break in the month of Cheshvan, which is the only Jewish... Read More »
Multi-Denominational Rabbis Weigh in on the Days of Awe
Buffer To prepare ourselves for introspection and new commitment on Yom Kippur, we want to acknowledge the diverse sentiment of our communities’ Rabbinic leadership. Jewneric has asked Rabbis of any... Read More »
Reading, ‘Riting, and ‘Rithmetic in Retrospect, Part II: No Literature Created Equal
Buffer An Analysis of the Clashes Between Judaic and Secular Studies in the Jewish Day School Read More »
Reading, ‘Riting, and ‘Rithmetic in Retrospect, Part I: Introduction
Buffer An Analysis of the Clashes Between Judaic and Secular Studies in the Jewish Day School Read More »
Who Hates Who?
Buffer The following is a letter to the editor of an imaginary paper that would only be read by people who understand that I mean well, and who know that... Read More »
Bad Karma?
Buffer Is it possible that even when you do the right thing it will bring you negative consequences? Imagine that your Aunt walks into the room, this is the first... Read More »
Davening on airplanes
Buffer I haven’t posted in a while, perhaps because I haven’t felt particularly passionate about anything. Here’s something I am passionate about, having dealt with it recently on a plane... Read More »
Soapbox Hobo
Buffer You’ve probably seen him more often in TV, Movies and other visual media than you have on the street where he belongs. He’s the guy with the sign that... Read More »
The Other Leather Bondage
Buffer I, once again, feel I may be going into territory not as family friendly as this site is intended. If your sensibilities are easily offended (or if you think... Read More »
Wordle Shows Visual Representations of Any Text with Cool Biblical Implacations
Buffer Today, someone sent me the link to a new web 2.0 site, Wordle. Wordle gives you a tag cloud of any text you put in. Someone already mashed up... Read More »
Don’t Eat a Peach or Raisins and Almonds because Carrot Juice is Murder
Buffer We are on the approach to the Pentecost, also known as Shavuot. On the holiday of Shavuot there is a well known custom not to eat any meat. There... Read More »
Torah Judaism, Homosexuality, and Gay Marriage
Buffer The Torah does not like gays. For some Jews, this is not a difficult challenge to overcome. The Torah may have been inspired by God, but it was written... Read More »
What Does G-d Taste Like?
Buffer Shauli, our youngest son, was about seven years old as he sat across the table from me, at our favorite pizza shop. He considered a slice of pizza he... Read More »
Taking My Mind for a Walk
Buffer One day, Mayer, my chavruta wondered out loud about how a prophet could identify that a particular event he saw would happen in the future; after all, the information... Read More »
The Trouble With Antisemitism
Buffer The Trouble with AntisemitismUploaded by Jewneric For more information on Rabbi Karsh please visit The Torah Learning Center Read More »
Dvar Torah Fodder for the Seders
Buffer Most people who read this website are probably also scurrying to clean their houses for Passover (leaven be gone!) and searching high and low for divrei torah for the... Read More »
Knockin’ On Zimmerman’s Door
Buffer While my current employment in Jewish entertainment media has come up in my posts from time to time, I’ve never quite had enough gall to publish one of my... Read More »
