Jeremy Rosen
ARTICLES BY: Jeremy Rosen
Starbucks and Racism: Why ‘Woke’ Is Not
We now inhabit a new world of identity politics. There have always been identities of religion, nationality, and race. Too often, they have led to...
The Legacy of Judah Halevi
Judah Halevi is one of my all-time favorite Jews. Born in Toledo, Spain in 1075, he had a traditional Torah and Talmudic education. He was...
Jewish Intolerance and Sephardim
I am always upset whenever I'm forced to recognize that we Jews -- few in number -- are so divided into warring sects, denominations, traditions, and ideologies. I guess...
Change the Omer?
Pesach is over and normal services have resumed. But what is “normal”? We are now in a period called “the Omer.” It is a time of...
Is the Bible Fact?
Well before Spinoza’s Tractatus Theologicus Politicus (1670), Christian thinkers and rational philosophers like Hobbes began to challenge the authorship and validity of the Bible. Questions arose...
Passover: Slaves or Pagans?
The Four Questions that are asked in the Haggadah act as an introduction to the ideas behind the festival of Passover. These questions were already...
Orthodox Jews Must Allow and Support Secular Education
One of the biggest challenges that Judaism faces is the Haredi schism. On the one hand, the sect is the most dynamic, fastest growing, most passionately...
Why I Am a Liberal
I am proud to call myself a liberal. Despite the fact that the term has come to be associated with so many different positions on almost...
Mahmoud Abbas and the False Palestinian Link to the Jebusites
Abu Mazen is at it again, claiming that Palestinians are descended from the Canaanite tribe of the Jebusites. These claims echo those made by Yasser...
How We Should Really Celebrate Purim
I believe that the core principles of all religions are virtually the same. They may have different ways of describing the ultimate power they call God, but...
Poland and Its Jews
Poland recently passed a law making it illegal and a criminal offense to claim that the Nazi death camps built during the Second World War on Polish territory...
The Ten Commandments
If one had to think of Judaism’s major contribution to the world, one might think of the Ten Commandments. Everyone seems to approve of them...
Islam and Jerusalem
Why is the Muslim world up in arms about Jerusalem being declared the capital of Israel? After all, Jerusalem is made up of different areas -- just...
Kosher Wine – and Following Tradition for Tradition’s Sake
Last year, there was not a single fatality on commercial airlines -- and there hasn’t been a fatality on a US commercial flight since 2009. But in 2016, road...
