Kosher Slaughter and the Dignity of All Creatures
by Rafi EisThe E.U. is concerned with minimizing pain, but in the process allows the human character to become indifferent to the loss of animal life. Continue Reading »
The E.U. is concerned with minimizing pain, but in the process allows the human character to become indifferent to the loss of animal life. Continue Reading »
The Maccabees kept nothing, whether sublime or obscene, from their creator’s redemptive touch. Continue Reading »
I thank God for Jonathan Sacks and commend him to the God of the spirits of all flesh. Continue Reading »
Rabbi Sacks was fond of saying that “Judaism is a protest against the world that is, in the name of the world that ought to be.” Continue Reading »
Is a month without special observances a superior or inferior month? Continue Reading »
Our working definition of holiness must include a new understanding of holy space, at least for the time being. Continue Reading »
Recent rom-coms paint Hasidic communities in a bad light while leading their characters into a postmodern abyss. Continue Reading »
For Yaakov Smith, a transgender person who lives and teaches in Jerusalem, Orthodoxy is a bit like the exaggerated femininity of the drag queen. Continue Reading »
Secular society sees religion—and public worship in particular—as little more than a cultural expression or a lifestyle choice. Continue Reading »
God’s deliverance of his people from the dominion of Pharaoh is a raising of Israel from the dead. Continue Reading »