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Category Archives: Jewish Philosophy
What a Difference a Year Makes
What a difference a year makes. Continue reading
Posted in Jewish Philosophy, Judaism
Tagged Conceptual Idealism, Days of Awe, High Holidays, Justice, New Year, Repentance, Rosh Hashanah, Teshuva, Tikkun Olam, Time
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Do We Need Religion to be Good People?
“Does being religious make someone a good person?” Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Christianity, Jewish Philosophy, Judaism, Modern Orthodoxy
Tagged Christianity, Divine Law, Faith, Halacha, Judaism, Matthew Arnold, Morality, Prayer, Religion, Social harmony
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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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Immigration and the Image of God
My new blog post for The Jewish Journal: Surprisingly – or maybe not – many of our current debates were foreshadowed by ancient rabbinical disputes. One such foreshadowed debate was our national conundrum about immigration, legal and otherwise. In his … Continue reading
Keeping the Peace in Troubled Times
My latest blog post for The Jewish Journal: Angry disagreement now dominates our national discourse, with emphasis on the “angry.” We feel, with William Butler Yeats, that “Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; mere anarchy is loosed upon the … Continue reading
Chaos and Creation, from Genesis to Today
My new blog post for The Jewish Journal: You might not expect it, but the very first words of the Torah explain how social change works. The most familiar English rendering is “In the beginning, God created the heavens and … Continue reading
Morality Needs Both Logic and Feeling
My new blog post for The Jerusalem Post: As a child, I was a big “Star Trek” fan. I never wanted to be like Captain Kirk. The world was full of Kirk wannabes. My hero was Mr. Spock: stoic, brilliant, … Continue reading
Posted in Jewish Philosophy, Judaism, Philosophy, The Jerusalem Post
Tagged Adam Smith, B.F. Skinner, Descartes' Error, Ethics, Feeling, Heschel, Hillel, Logic, Moral judgment, Morality, Mr. Spock, Psychology, Star Trek
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The Thousand-Year View 