Jeremy Rosen
ARTICLES BY: Jeremy Rosen
The Disgrace of United Nations Security Council Resolution 2334
President Obama’s groundbreaking abstention on a UN resolution refusing to accept any change to Israel's 1949 armistice lines -- and John Kerry’s one-sided rant against Israel -- have...
Reflections on Hanukkah and Miracles
Why do miracles happen sometimes and not others? Is it because we deserve them? Many rabbis like to claim that when bad things happen, it is...
Life After Birkenau
The Jewish community of Antwerp, Belgium is unique in that it is the most predominantly Orthodox, Hasidic and Yiddish-speaking community in Europe. It is also...
How Studying the Torah Can Create Jobs
There has been a lot of debate in the US and elsewhere about jobs, or rather the loss of them and what to do about...
The Unyielding Orthodoxy of Anglo-Jewry
I want to tell you a story of Chelm (the mythical community of Jewish fools) that is, in fact, true. True of Anglo-Jewish establishment Orthodoxy. I...
The Messy Process of Democracy
All complex societies are fragmented. Democracies particularly so. Dictatorships and autocracies act as if they are not. They try to suppress dissenters, which they can...
Yes, She Is My Sister
The fundamentalist position on the Bible -- Jewish and Christian -- is that every word comes directly from God on Sinai 3,300 years ago. The “critical” or the skeptical...
Kaparot Is Not Protected by Religious Freedom
Several recent legal decisions in the US now prevent the Jewish custom of taking chickens and swinging them above one’s head before killing them on Yom...
Jews, Moderation and Wine
When Noah comes out of the ark, the first thing he does (after thanking God) is plant a vineyard, and then make wine. But then...
Even the Torah Warns Against the ‘One Percent’
The following passage is from the sixth chapter of the Book of Genesis: And the sons of the gods saw the daughters of humans that they were...
Rigid Orthodoxy Is Destroying Religion
I've always thought it was important to read opinions that conflict with mine, either to confirm my position or perhaps force me to reconsider it. A...
Rain and Sukkot
Between the two World Wars in Eastern Europe, yeshiva students used to entertain each other at weddings and other happy occasions with Gramen -- Yiddish rhymes that...
Resurrection: The Magic of Yom Kippur
Western forms of entertainment are massively preoccupied with dead bodies coming back to life. Popular horror films and TV series regurgitate this very weird fixation. And then...
Hebrew Prayers Are Lost in Translation
We will spend more time than usual in synagogues these coming weeks, and with that, a problem arises. One of the biggest challenges for most Jews is the...
