He Might Possibly Maybe Have Said What?? I’m Outraged!!
I wish there were a publication and verification process for gedolim.
Dehuminization
All groups have a mix of both good and bad people; it's the ratio that differentiates us.
Top 10 Sayings by R. Shteinman That’ll Make You Fall in Love with Him
Here is why opponents of R Shteinman think you should oppose him too.
Why Do We Say the Angels Cried into Isaac’s Eyes?
This post will attempt to explain how the idea of the crying angels developed.
The Sinai Lie
Sinai is not history, Sinai is a happening.
Everything I Need to Know in Life, I Learned from Parshas Vayerah
The absolute worst things you can do is mistreat the powerless and to behave selfishly #GOP...
Reality Check: the 1/4 Million Man March
Those who live lives of no sports, entertainment, or outdoor activities take what they can get.
Union Jacked
Saul is neither the first nor the last of the wolf pack to unite the tribes.
Bullish on Hanukkah
We should view the Hillel and Shammai schools' dispute in the context of their founders.
Shafranian Evolution
See what you've done, YCT? You've made R. Shafran legitimize RIETS!
A few Questions to Lover of Pope Pius XII
Why did the Pope excommunicate every single Communist in the world, but never excommunicate a single Nazi?
Anonymity Makes Blogging Better
The people who wish to end online anonymity are often also the people who think Kolko got a raw deal and would like to stone kofrim in Times Square.
Timeless Torah values
A competent preacher can make the Torah seem to support any cause he desires.
Lost in Targum?
Chief Rabbi Lau the Younger is not going to be big on reinterpreting traditional Jewish sources to meet contemporary problems.
Necrolatry
The desire to have contact with the dead, especially one's own relatives, is apparently universal.
God’s Difficult Six Days
The beast's tremendous bulk makes its continued existence impractical.
Shutdown Post
Arguing and fighting is good for America.
Leah Aharoni Hearts Apocryphal Heroines
Yehudis and Chana are not part of our holy Mesorah!
1,2,3,4, Let’s Have a Twitter War
I am the crybaby, when he's the one who threw the original hissyfit
Does Frumkeit Poison Everything?
Critical thinking just isn't kosher
The Forward Newspaper Reveals They Side with the Greeks
The Forward resents the hegemony of the Hasmoneans.
Why Do We Need an Asifa?
DovBear Blog: Huge argument are raging right now on Twitter about the next big Internet Asifa scheduled for the end of May in Citi Field. DovBear briefly summarize the positions, and refutes them.
Not How You Do Hasbarah
I think the apartheid analogy is badly flawed.
You Never Forget your First
Hundreds of thousands of Jews participate in Daf Yomi at some point.
Open-Ended Orthodoxy
The question that I always have for those who are not invested in the revelation at Sinai is, why keep these 613 mitzvot?
Why Did Kayin Kill Hevel? (Rabbi Goldin Gets It Wrong)
The Rabbis are not sharing Big Ideas, they're arguing about nothing more than the plain meaning of the verse.
Objective Morality
Human beings are not objective. We're highly subjective creatures.
Facebook Stock Drop: Divine Blessing for Marc Zuckerberg
G-d blessed Facebook’s CEO with this poignant lesson. Right as we approach the Day of Judgment, followed by times of Repentance, and the final celebration of Atonement, He blesses all of Israel with this lesson as well.
BMG’s Money Bin
Does anyone out there know where it all goes?
Boycott Google!
Imagine a Google ad that brings together a Jew and an Arab who were separated due to the Nakba.