Glazer: The miracle of Franz Rosenzweig’s Star of Redemption
Rabbi Aubrey L. Glazer writes about one of the most daring and original Jewish thinkers of the 20th century, Franz Rosenzweig.
Weinfeld: The great Exodus from Earth
As the first of Aleph Centauri’s two suns began to set, Itzhik huddled into the state-of-the-art interplanetary sukkah he had recently built. The rabbis had needed to consult a team of astrophysicists to determine when the hag would start, and according to their calculations, he had about 10 more minutes. He had finished the sukkah yesterday, […]
What is time exactly?
Norma Baumel Joseph waxes philosophical about time.
Making the listener the hero of the story
A teachable lesson – if the listener is the hero of every story, then the story must reflect us as we could be, not merely as we are
How Shimon Peres remained forever young
“Friedrich Nietzsche provided the formula that was the essence of Shimon Peres’ long and remarkable life”, said Israeli writer Chemi Shalev
Rabbi Allan Nadler: A look at historical Jewish heretics
Rabbi Nadler, who has faced his fair share of controversy throughout his career, speaks about heretical figures in Jewish history, a topic he explores in a book he’s currently writing on the subject
BACKSTORY: Uriel Da Costa’s path off the derech
Similar to Baruch Spinoza, Uriel Da Costa’s first break with Judaism was also a matter of principle
Can non-Jews achieve eternal bliss?
A discussion of the philosophies of Moses Mendelssohn and Maimonides
