Posts Tagged: Rabbi Jeremy Rosen
Why Judaism — and the World — Needs a Messianic Vision
The course of human civilization, if one can use that term, has progressed and continues to, in a series of slow cycles. The German philosopher...
Why We Celebrate Purim — Especially This Year
Purim is known as the happiest and craziest day in the Jewish calendar, and the only festival that celebrates an event in the Diaspora. But...
Remembering a Great Rabbi Who Asked Questions Rather Than Answering Them
In the latest edition of the Brooklyn Jewish journal Hakirah, there is a fascinating article on Rav Joseph Ber Soloveitchik (1903 -1993) by David. P....
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,...
The Twelfth Night
As a child, I felt fortunate to have eight days of Hanukkah, whereas Christian children only had one day of Christmas. But then I learned...
Strong Hasmonean — and Jewish — Women
I realize what a patriarchal society we, like the rest of the world, have been until very recently. Sadly, many still are. But there are...
COVID-19, Haredi Jews and the Error of ‘Piety’
One of the most disturbing features of the pandemic has been the behavior of huge swathes of the Haredi community across the globe. There have, thank...
Sukkot and the World
Rituals, laws, and customs exist to reinforce the fact that ideas are all very well, but we need actions to bring about change within ourselves...
Judaism in a Divided Society
The culture wars are raging around us. Anything or any person who is unacceptable to the culture police on either side is to be banned,...
Why Do Some Jews Still Believe the Messiah Is Coming?
Whenever a major crisis hits, I encounter people who love to talk about the Messiah. Originally, the Messiah was simply an anointed king who would...
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 Quiet Sages of Jerusalem
The Jerusalem I first came to in 1958 was a very different and much smaller town than the Jerusalem of today. There was no Old...
Learning From the Past: Reckless Jewish Kings Through the Ages
The Fast of the Seventeenth of Tammuz that we have just passed initiates a three-week period of mourning for the loss, twice, of Jerusalem and...
The Experience and Meaning of Prayer
We are living in a fraught, unpredictable world of conflicting values and policies -- so I am returning to an earlier post about prayer. What...
