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

Kosher Halloween

Growing up, my family never celebrated Halloween, so I have no emotional attachments to the day and few thoughts about ...

I Hate You More

Oy!!!From the Jerusalem Post:37% of Israelis say that the haredim are the most hated group in Israel, according to a ...

Imminent Holy War

The fight over Jerusalem’s gay pride parade just intensified. Apparently, Jerusalem Police Chief Ilan Franko met with Ultra-Orthodox leader Yitzhak ...

Encyclopedia Judaica Redux

The Encyclopedia Judaica was published more than 30 years ago, but it remains one of the most comprehensive and reliable ...

Rabbi Sacks Weighs In

Thanks to Cross-Currents and Hirhurim for pointing out Rabbi Jonathan Sacks’ article about Richard Dawkins’ atheism in The Times of ...

On Polytheism (More God Delusions)

“It is not clear why the change from polytheism to monotheism should be assumed to be a self-evidently progressive improvement.” ...

No really, what is a Jew?

Imagine if right before your bar mitzvah you were told that — despite the invitations in the mail — you ...

The God Delusion

When I woke up last Saturday and saw the New York Times Book Review, I couldn’t help wondering: What would ...

Welcome to Mixed Multitudes

MyJewishLearning.com was created to be a comprehensive source of Jewish information and in the past few years we have initiated ...

Absurdistan

Gary Shteyngart's satiric look at globalization, petrol politics, and the obsession with Jewish continuity.