beliefs
Today’s the Day
The Conservative movement’s Rabbinical Assembly begins its long-awaited meeting today to review its position on homosexuality. In all, five papers, ...
A New CLAL?
Last night, New York’s PBS station broadcast The Hidden Wisdom of Our Yearnings with Irwin Kula, a two-hour premiere of ...
Yitz Greenberg on Polytheism
A few weeks ago, I wrote about super-atheist Richard Dawkins’ assertion that the move from polytheism to monotheism shouldn’t necessarily ...
Hashem and Homosexuality
The Jewish Press just published a poignant (and sad) letter from an Orthodox Jewish man about his struggles with homosexuality. ...
Michael Richards: Kind of Jewish
Is Michael Richards Jewish? That’s the question that was on too-many Jews’ minds after Seinfeld‘s Kramer went on his recent ...
Remembering Rabbi Waldenberg
The Jerusalem Post reports:Rabbi Eliezer Yehuda Waldenberg, one of the most respected halachic authorities of the modern era and a ...
Karaites at the GA
Our homepage this week features an article about the Karaites, a sect of Judaism that rejected the authority of the ...
Leo Baeck on God, Halakha
In anticipation of Leo Baeck’s 50th yahrzeit on Sunday, I’d like to highlight a few other aspects of his thought. ...
Jewcy is Born
There’s a new kid on the Jewish media block. This week, while the older generation was in LA listening to ...
God at the GA
I heard God mentioned approximately 26 times at the GA and all 26 came during the same speech: Rabbi Naomi ...