Jeremy Rosen
ARTICLES BY: Jeremy Rosen
Reflecting on the Jewish Experience in America
Puddingstone is a novel by Mark Mirsky about a Jew growing up in the area near Franklin Park in Boston in the 1960s. It's a world...
Finding a Balance in the Meaning of Hanukkah
The Hanukkah story is a good example of how a religious culture can develop over time and why. It is, in fact, based on historically documented...
How Can Anyone Oppose Orthodox Women Studying Torah?
You may wonder why, in a world full of so many real problems, are Orthodox rabbis of various organizations, dimensions, and denominations so busy condemning,...
The Paris Attacks and Why the World Hates Israel
A Flash Eurobarometer survey carried out in October 2003 for the European Commission in the 15 member states of the EU found that nearly 60% of European...
Is Extremism Fundamental to All Religions?
There are more and more books and articles apologizing for religion, claiming that it is all really peaceful and positive; that only a few adherents are...
Is Vegetarian Food Kosher?
On October 26, CNBC published this story: Clear Food, a branch of Clear Labs, a company that analyzes food at a molecular level to determine the quality...
Celebrating the Abramsky Family
Chimen Abramsky was one of those geniuses who dwarves most intellects. He was a modest, loving man -- who was also self-taught -- and he became a...
What is the Right Moral Response to Palestinian Terror?
The painful scenes from Israel of young Arab men and women killing men, women and children randomly is all the more depressing, because most of...
Celebrating Rosh Chodesh
This week we celebrated the New Month of Cheshvan. Sometimes it is called Mar Cheshvan because, so goes the official story, it is the only...
Judaism and Creationism
There is a myriad of issues and challenges that we all face every day. Coping with life can be exhausting and exhilarating. But needing to know...
Why It’s Hard to Be a Religious Jew, and Why It’s Worth It
Judaism began with 40 years of wandering in the desert, with plenty of time to celebrate festive days. Its calendar, based on both the solar...
What Does a Google Search Really Tell Us About God?
It’s a sign of our times that the New York Times can devote a serious op-ed to the fact that God is in decline because He,...
Thoughts on Universalism and Particularism Ahead of Yom Kippur
During the nineteenth century, there were two ideological movements that swept the Western world. For want of a better term, I will call them universalism...
On These High Holidays, Pray for Others to Repent
When I was a child in England, I often used to see men and women standing at street corners holding placards saying such things as,...
