Posts Tagged: Jeremy Rosen
Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis and the British Chief Rabbinate
The centrist orthodox Jewish community of Britain, known as "The United Synagogue," (established by Act of Parliament in 1870 as the Jewish equivalent of The...
Real Chanukah Heroes and the Nechemya Weberman Case
What is Chanukah? Thus the Talmud asks, in its only reference to the story of Chanukah. And it answers: "On the 15th of Kislev are the...
Eating Bugs or Sexual Abuse: Prioritizing Sins
We have so many humanitarian and political challenges that face us, as humans and Jews that I suspect the only way we can cope is...
Hurricane Sandy and the Limitations of Humanity
Thank goodness, living in a part of Manhattan that was not directly affected by Sandy, I have no personal disaster stories to tell. But in...
Presidents, Debates, and Guns
I have not and do not want to watch presidents or prime ministers debate on television. Politicians are salesmen who will tell you what is...
Towers of Babel and Urban Living
Mayor Bloomberg of New York has recently decided that New York is falling behind other cities in not erecting enough super skyscrapers. I recall a time...
The Shtomp, Or The Case Against Religious Dancing
Simchat Torah, the festival of Rejoicing Over The Law, is upon us and once again I find myself completely out of sync with most of...
Innocence of Religion
The pathetically incompetent film "Innocence of Muslims" has sparked off the usual and predictable riots and murder around Muslim streets and illustrates perfectly the cultural chasm...
Fear and Trembling: The Days of Awe and Israel’s Strike
They are called the Yamim Noraim, the Days of Awe, these ten days from Rosh Hashanah through Yom Kipur. But I would argue that the...
The Song of the Soul, the Song of the Nation
I know I am supposed to love all of God's creatures and more specifically, every Jew. Ahavat Yisrael, it is called. Every day of my...
Itsu Kaszirer 1922-2012
My father-in-law of 24 years, Itsu Kaszirer, died on the second of Tammuz at the age of 90, in Antwerp. He was a remarkable man...
The IKEA Sukkah
Once upon a time we were a rural, agricultural people. Our founding forebears left the corrupt big city world of Nimrod, Babylon and Ur and...
