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- Love is not the Answer
- How to Handle Talking About God
- You Can’t Prove God — and It Doesn’t Matter
- Truth in All Its Varieties
- Reclaiming Israel’s Reputation
- Translating the Bible for Our Era
- Who Counts? We all do.
- Immigration and the Image of God
- God’s Silent Speech — and Ours
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Love is not the Answer
“What is the question?” Continue reading
Posted in Philosophy
Tagged Compassion, Famous last words, Gertrude Stein, James T. Kirk, love, Pavlov, Propaganda, Utilitarianism, Wittgenstein
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How to Handle Talking About God
“We can talk about God because the word ‘God’ serves as a handle, connecting us to what we can’t know or understand.” Continue reading
You Can’t Prove God — and It Doesn’t Matter
“You can’t prove God’s existence. And it doesn’t matter.” Continue reading
Posted in Epistemology, Jewish Philosophy
Tagged Atheism, Bible, Christianity, Judaism, Logic, Philosophy, Proof, Religion, Theism
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Truth in All Its Varieties
Is truth always the same thing, or are there different kinds of truth? Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Christianity, Jewish Philosophy, Judaism, Philosophy
Tagged Epistemology, Logic, Philosophy, Truth
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Reclaiming Israel’s Reputation
I’ve started reading David Brog’s excellent new book Reclaiming Israel’s History: Roots, Rights, and the Struggle for Peace. I’ll post a full review later, but the initial paragraphs of the book describe a situation that seems eerily familiar: “There was a … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Judaism
Tagged Golda Meir, Herzl, History, Israel, Netanyahu, Palestine, Zionism
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Who Counts? We all do.
I normally don’t review children’s books, but this one’s a keeper. Who Counts? combines simple, direct storytelling with superb artwork and morally uplifting themes. Its authors, a rabbi and a professor of Jewish Studies, retell three of Jesus’ parables from … Continue reading
Posted in Judaism, The Jewish Journal
Tagged Amy-Jill Levine, Bible, Children's Books, Lost Sheep, Margaux Meganck, Parables, Prodigal Son, Sandy Sasso, Who Counts?
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