Religion & Beliefs

How To Deal With Your Weekly Theological Crisis

For a number of reasons I’m friends with a lot of people who are constantly…

Relevant Redemption

Jewish liturgy is all about redemption. The number of times we ask to be redeemed…

Rock Out To A Gemara Shiur

I will admit to being obnoxiously addicted to my iPod. During the school year it’s…

Major Hunger, Minor Fast

Tomorrow is the 17th day of Tammuz, which is considered a minor fast day. There…

Is Your Kipah Too Blah?

My dad is notoriously straight-laced. For many years his Purim costume was an orange kipah.…

The Twisted Wick: Talmud Study as Spiritual Practice for Post-Modern Jews, R

I found God hanging out innocuously on a page of my Talmud within an obscure…

Free Will: The Last Gasp of the Unenlightened Mind

"Everything is foreseen; yet free will is given" – Pirkei Avot 3:15 Much of Western…

Well It’s Hard Out There For A Goddess

First of all, pretty much everything you learned about goddesses from The Da Vinci Code…