Posts Tagged: modern Judaism
Within Judaism: On Being Versus Becoming
JNS.org - It’s hard to thrive, or even function, if you don’t feel safe. Emotionally, if there is no love in your life, an inner...
The Struggle for the Jewish Soul
Last week, I wrote about the vast divide between communities of Jews totally at odds religiously and politically. But there is another divide much closer to...
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...
Seeing the Torah Through New Eyes Each Year
For hundreds of years, Jews have followed the custom of completing the yearly Torah reading on Simchat Torah, only to immediately begin all over again. Why...
We Must Show Our Children That Judaism Is a Religion of Rebellion
The establishment of the state of Israel, together with the challenges that modernity has presented to the Jewish people, have confronted Judaism with a reality...
