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

The First Jewish President

Toni Morrison famously referred to Bill Clinton as the “first black president,” writing that he displayed “almost every trope of ...

Flunking English

Now that Ehud Olmert is on his way out, it’s time to evaluate his possible successors. Or at least their ...

Jack Nash z”l

Jack Nash, a hedge fund pioneer and important Jewish philanthropist, passed away yesterday at the age of 79. Mr. Nash ...

Hilkhot Kotel

The story of Barack Obama’s stolen Western Wall note — and its subsequent publication in Ma’ariv — is interesting for ...

Search engine likes Messianic Jews

Today’s New York Times ran an article about Cuil a new search engine started by a bunch of former Google ...

Israeli Man of Mystery

Todays’ New York Times has an extended profile of Israeli investor (and Zhang Ziyi fiance) Vivi Nevo.Who is Mr. Nevo? ...

Lubavitch Glamour

The latest issue of Glamour magazine has Christina Aguilera on the cover, but the publication’s contributors are not only concerned ...

Agunah Progress

It’s an embarrassing fact that Jewish women trying to get a get (writ of divorce) from recalcitrant husbands are often ...

The Regressive Renaissance

Recently, I read — and very much enjoyed — Keith Gessen’s fiction debut All the Sad Young Literary Men. Tonight, ...

Rav Amital’s Torah

A couple of months ago I mentioned — with great fondness — Rav Yehuda Amital, the founder of Yeshivat Har ...