Jewish Ideas and Beliefs

Toward a 21st Century Alternative Zionism

Mordecai Kaplan, A.D. Gordon, and the future of Israel-Diaspora relations.

Zionism, the Palestinians, & Peace

Do the various ideologies of Zionism allow for the practical coexistence of Jews and Palestinians?

Genocide in the Torah

The existential threat of Amalek.

Abraham Isaac Kook on Evolution

How evolutionary theory supports a mystical worldview.

Science and Creation: A Kabbalistic Approach

Modern cosmology meets traditional Jewish mysticism.

The First Day of Creation

Recent scientific discoveries are in striking agreement with the Genesis record.

Reading Modern Science into Genesis

Contemporary approaches to reconciling discrepancies.

Mordecai Kaplan: Accepting Darwinism

The founder of Reconstructionist Judaism takes a pragmatic approach.

Genesis As Allegory

Recognizing the deeper meaning of the text.

Torah and Science

Torah and science coexist in the world that Hashem fashioned.