Daniel Septimus

Daniel Septimus is executive director of Sefaria. Previously, he served as CEO and editor-in-chief of My Jewish Learning.


Articles by Daniel Septimus

Rachel Corrie, Part II

I said I would share my thoughts on My Name is Rachel Corrie, so here goes…Though the play and its ...

Creepy “Jews” Headline

I know I just picked on the JTA last week for its coverage of the “Most Hated Israelis” study, but ...

Go Shmuley!

I never thought I’d say this, but: “Shmuley Boteach rocks!” Or at least his latest piece for the Jerusalem Post ...

Rachel Corrie

On Sunday I went to see My Name is Rachel Corrie, the controversial play that was first staged in London ...

If Borat Was Iranian

Just weeks before the release of Sacha Baron Cohen’s Borat, Twentieth Century Fox downgraded the scope of the film’s release ...

The Haredi Tom Clancy

In my latest column for the Jerusalem Post, I analyze the phenomenon of Ultra-Orthodox novels, particularly the work of Yair ...

Protests in Jerusalem

More from YNet on the Haredi protests against the gay pride parade set for November 10 in Jerusalem. Protesters have ...

David Duke & Intermarriage

The Forward is reporting that David Duke gave another antisemitic speech at his favorite Ukrainian university last week. “The Jewish ...

More Hatred

JTA has followed in the footsteps of the Jerusalem Post misrepresenting the (strange) Gesher study I wrote about yesterday. The ...

Jewface & Borat

Yesterday, my friend Rabbi Eliyahu Stern over at Beliefnet contrasted the new Borat movie with another recent cultural production highlighted ...