Religion & Beliefs

Gift Giving—How to be Thankful Without Being Ostentatious

Since I’m nearing the end of my summer at Yeshivat Hadar, there have been the…

Are You As Jewish As A Kosher Style Deli?

On Monday night I read an awesome piece over at SOMA Review about how hard…

Relationship Status: It’s Complicated with Jerusalem

Yesterday I wrote about how I don’t connect with a sense of national exile, and…

Understanding Exile OR Orthodox Paradox: Electric Boogaloo OR Noah Feldman Is Hot Let’s Not Excommunicate Him

Tonight is the beginning of a major fast in commemoration of the destruction of the…

What the Angry Atheists Get Wrong

Recent polemics by proud and angry atheists have gotten many of us—faithful and skeptical alike—thinking…

Fine. I Will Write A Post About Harry Potter.

There’s a pretty interesting article in the Washington Post about the Christian Fantasy genre that…

Jewish Priests: Live Long and Prosper

Apparently we just missed a conference of Cohanim and Levites in Jerusalem, who gathered to…

Open House at Yeshivat Hadar

I’m nearing the end of my summer as a fellow at Yeshivat Hadar, and I…