Posts Tagged: Rabbi Jeremy Rosen blog
The Importance of Modesty
I have watched more television this past year than I should have, and I have been struck by the incessant diet of sex, violence, horror,...
Finding Love on Tu B’Av
Did you know that there was an ancient tradition that on two days of the year, unmarried girls used to go out dancing in the...
The Need for Jewish Proofreaders
I read The Economist religiously every week. Its coverage of world affairs in a concise and readable form, combined with its cultural, scientific, and review articles,...
The Yabloner Rebbe
Usually I generate my own material. This time, I am taking it from Pini Dunner, another British rabbi now living in the US. His hobby...
When Jewish Law Is Taken Too Far
"Halacha" is often translated as "Jewish law." But that is inadequate and misleading. Nowadays, we usually use the word law to mean jurisprudence. Halacha, however,...
In 2019, Oaths Are Meaningless
Anyone who has attended a Kol Nidrei service will know that there are seven terms in Hebrew and Aramaic for vows and oaths. They must have...
Why I Am a Liberal
I am proud to call myself a liberal. Despite the fact that the term has come to be associated with so many different positions on almost...
Kosher Wine – and Following Tradition for Tradition’s Sake
Last year, there was not a single fatality on commercial airlines -- and there hasn’t been a fatality on a US commercial flight since 2009. But in 2016, road...
