Unchosen: Hidden Lives of Hasidic Rebels – From the Re-chosen
Maybe one day I will get to reading books as they come out – while I was about 60 years too late commenting on Lawrence of Arabia I’m only about ten years behind for...
Category: Jewish Belief
Why I Choose to Be an Orthodox Jew – Positive and It Fits [Part 3/3]
In part 1 I discussed living for meaning and how that brings one to go towards an infinite purpose beyond our lives and world which is destined to end. In part 2 I discussed...
Why I Choose to Be an Orthodox Jew – The Alternatives [Part 2/3]
In a first post, I wrote I chose to be an Orthodox Jew, focusing mainly on belief in a Creator. How does that get me from Creator –> this particular belief system? In part...
Why I Choose to Be an Orthodox Jew – What to Live For [Part 1/3]
In article 1 (below) I discuss living for meaning and how that brings one to go towards an infinite purpose beyond our lives and world which is destined to end. In article 2 I...
Book Review: The Great Partnership, Rabbi Jonathan Sacks; Part I – Philosophy
Relationships are Meaning One summer day in my childhood I returned from swimming with my grandfather to his house where I was staying. Waiting at the front door were two smiling missionaries. It didn’t...
Where Did Earth’s Water Come From? Talmud & Science
The Question: Earth’s Water Came From Where? MinuteEarth / MinutePhysics are great YouTube channels discussing various topics about earth / physics in short videos. I highly recommend them. The writer, a theoretical physicist, even has a video...
Hamas Supporter Conversations with this Jew
In issues of political contention, I often have hard times making decisions. There’s typically a reason they’re in contention in the first place. The Torah helps solve a lot of these and let’s us...
Shavuous Learning, Keeping Customs & Love of Mitzvos
My Shavuous Experiences Shavuous is one of the three regalim, three pilgrimage festivals, along with Passover and Succos [Sukkot]. Jews celebrate the anniversary of receiving the Torah at Mt. Sinai, but there are no special...
Unbroken Chain Slides – Passover Seder & Jewish Claim to Truth
Jewish Timeline I wrote an earlier article showing the unbroken chain from the Exodus in Egypt (circa. 3300 years ago). The article takes us through the end of the biblical era (circa. 2500 years...
Approach of Torah Jews to the Modern State of Israel & Army Service
Synopsis I write this article after a gathering of 300,000 – 600,000 Jews in one place to protest recent army service. This is not to be minimized, though very non-understood. Why are so many...