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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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Are People Basically Good?
“People are neither basically good nor basically bad. They are basically free.” Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Judaism, Philosophy
Tagged Conscience, Dennis Prager, Empathy, Ernest Hemingway, Human Nature, Jonathan Haidt, Morality, Religion, Virtue
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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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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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