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Ask Not What Your Judaism Can Do For You
This past week in synagogues throughout the world we rolled the Torah scroll forward and began reading from the Book ...
Showdown at the Co-Op
So, um, yeah. The coop last night. Utter craziness.First, a recap from the The Daily Show: The Daily Show with ...
We Need More Jewish Debate, Not Less
Some will tell you that we need less debate in the Jewish community; that for the sake of unity we need ...
Free Speech vs Good Speech
Women and women’s rights have received a lot of attention in politics and media in recent weeks. March is Women’s ...
Shabbat: A Cure for Busyness
As I write this, I am simultaneously:1. Compulsively checking my email, Twitter, and Facebook. 2. Waiting for an “important” text ...
Do We Prioritize the Vulnerable in Justice?
This week, the Amazon Kindle version of Jewish Ethics & Social Justice is only $1.99!In Jewish law, we are told ...
Is Prayer for Activists?
Our basic premise as activists is human responsibility. We, not someone else, must step up to create change in the ...
Raising Your Mask for Passover
Last week we celebrated the holiday of Purim in which we recall the survival of the Jewish people against the ...
I Don’t Go To Brooklyn
Cruising on Fifth Avenue one day, a taxi is hailed by a man standing on the corner. Entering the cab, ...
Saying New Things About Old Historical Episodes
When I first anounced that I was writing a book about Ulysses S. Grant’s General Orders #11, the most notorious ...
Writing the Civil War in Jerusalem
You are working on what?” most of the people I met in Jerusalem asked while I was writing When General ...
Occupy Wall Street Talmudically Explained
There has been a desire to pin down the central complaint of the 99%, which the Occupy Wall Street organizers ...