Jeremy Rosen
ARTICLES BY: Jeremy Rosen
Hatred and the Jews
We are witnessing a frightening amount of antisemitism around the world, including in America -- where a few members of Congress have expressed openly anti-Israel...
Judaism, Haredi Intolerance, and Greek Culture
Judaism has engaged and locked horns with Greek culture for thousands of years. Alexander the Great permitted the Judeans to worship freely. But then the...
Hanukkah Is the Perfect Answer to BDS
Boycotts rarely have the desired effects. At most, they can make the person who applies a boycott feel self-righteous. I have boycotted. In the '50s,...
The One Easy Answer: Blame the Jews
Every year when we come around to reading about Joseph and his brothers, I am reminded of a part of the Yom Kippur Ashkenazi service....
Who Is a Jew?
Israelites, Hebrews, Jews, whatever you call them, have been scattered and settled all over the place for thousands of years. It has become quite fashionable...
Making Sense of the Midterm Elections
Everyone seems to agree that the midterm elections in the US have been particularly bitter and antagonistic. But as an outsider who is now an...
Women, Hagar, and #MeToo
Since I wrote about Abraham last week, it seems only right in this era of #MeToo that I should write about a woman -- Hagar....
Death in Pittsburgh
The massacre of eleven Jews in a synagogue in Pittsburgh is not just about current antisemitism. Of course, the leprosy of antisemitism is as deep...
Abraham: A Man for All Seasons
Abraham is revered by the major monotheistic religions. In Judaism, what he went through is constantly being re-examined to provide us with an example we...
Billy Rose — and Why We Can’t Write Off ‘Secular’ and Non-Religious Jews
Who was Billy Rose? If you have visited the museum complex in Jerusalem, not far from the Knesset, you will be familiar with the Billy...
Are Bible Stories Really True?
At this time of the year, we re-read the early chapters of Genesis with their fantastic tales of creation and early humanity struggling to cope...
In Good Faith: Challenging Religion and Atheism
In Good Faith: Questioning Religion and Atheism by Scott A. Shay (Post Hill Press; 2018). We now live in a world where, more than ever before, our...
Yuval Harari and Religion
I always enjoy reading books that challenge my preconceptions. Whether it was Dawkins, Dennett, Harris, Hitchens, Pinker, or all the other atheists who hated religion,...
Genesis and the Marshmallow Experiment
I was reminded of the famous Marshmallow Experiment last week, when I read that Dr. Walter Mischel had died on September 12 at the age...
