Jeremy Rosen
ARTICLES BY: Jeremy Rosen
How Jewish is Jewish History?
Once we asked, "Who is a Jew?" Now the big question is, "What is Jewish History?" Both questions are largely academic and typical of a...
What Israel Can Learn From Kit Kat
Here's a story I picked up from the Financial Times a while ago: On March 17 2010, Greenpeace launched a social media attack on Nestlé's Kit Kat...
What is and Isn’t Wrong With Prayer
The way most of us pray today is very different to the way it was originally intended. What goes on in most Jewish "houses of...
Ridiculous Jewish Weddings
It has been a pleasurable part of my life as a rabbi to attend weddings. I have attended hundreds of weddings of various sizes, styles,...
The Truth About Kosher Meat and Science
For years there have been artificial substitutes for meat, most often soy based. Some have been edible, especially when mixed with other foodstuffs. But none...
The Danger of Giving Religious Leaders Power in Iran (and Israel)
I have recently read "The Shah" by Abbas Milani, and certain significant parallels strike me as very relevant today. As a senior army officer, Reza Shah...
Religion in the ‘Selfie’ Age
The Oxford University Press is the nearest thing to an authoritative arbiter of the English language. English speakers, unlike the French, do not have an...
Israel, Jews and Nelson Mandela’s Legacy
I first became aware of Nelson Mandela in 1956. I was fourteen and a very disruptive teenager. My father was going on a fundraising tour...
Judaism and Death
I have just had to try to comfort a family devastated by the loss of middle-aged siblings, barely months apart, after long debilitating illnesses and...
Jewish Meditation: The Daily Practice of Giving Thanks
In my youth the Beatles, notably George Harrison, introduced us to Transcendental Meditation and a variety of other Eastern religious practices. Yoga had been popular...
Limmud UK: Why Charedi Jews Oppose Pluralistic Learning
The very first Limmud Conference was held at Carmel College in the UK during my time as principal. Alastair Falk, a teacher at Carmel, and...
Not Fitting Into Judaism’s Little Boxes
I was brought up to be an outsider. My late father, Kopul Rosen, was born in London, educated primarily in Mir in Lithuania, and served...
Letters to President Clinton: Biblical Lessons on Faith and Leadership, by Menachem Genack (REVIEW)
Letters to President Clinton: Biblical Lessons on Faith and Leadership, edited by Rabbi Menachem Genack (OU Press, 2013). In the Book of Numbers, Eldad and...
Why Judaism and Superstition Don’t Mix
Dr. Narendra Dabholkar was a doughty activist against superstition and black magic. A gentle man but fiercely rational, he would travel throughout India exposing frauds,...
