Teach Like a Fisherman
Think about it: how many kids can say that their rabbi helped them catch their first fish? Read More >>
Of Goats, Chickens and Memory
Rabbi Marc Soloway shares a poignant story from Shavuot about the present meeting past as well as pointing to the future. Read More >>
Thinking About Gay Marriage: Some Rabbinical Observations
Rabbi Goldman takes on a controversial issue by exploring several different perspectives of the problem. Read More >>
Moral Assumptions: The Enigma of the Sexual Prohibitions
Why does the Talmud teach that the sin of dishonest weights and measures is worse than the sin of sexual transgression? Read More >>
Misery Loves Company: The Untold Story of the Custom of Kitniyot
Rabbi Goldman explores the Passover tradition of abstaining from food considered “Kitniyot” during Passover — why abstain, and why not. Read More >>
Relativity, Individuality & Autonomy in Halakha
To what extent is Halakha relativistic? Foster individuality and autonomy? Rabbi Goldman looks at Talmudic precedents with an eye to contemporary relevance. Read More >>
Contemporary Religious Insanity
The insightful Talmudic sages developed the notion of how an otherwise normal person can act in a religiously insane manner. Lessons for today’s world as well. Read More >>
Limmud Rabbi Smackdown – Video Update
Yes, a Limmud participant recorded video of the “Bound Together” session, featuring Rabbis Goldfeder, Soloway and Rose. Enjoy! Read More >>
Contrarian Rabbinic and Hassidic Teachings on Sin
It may come as a surprise to students of Judaism that Classical and Hassidic rabbis held a more nuanced and complex attitude towards sin than evinced in Biblical literature… Read More >>
4 Questions for Rabbi Miller, Kabbalah of Prayer
A BJN 4 Questions Interview (with a bonus question) for Rabbi Chaim Miller, guest this Shabbat at Chabad of NW Metro Denver. Read More >>
Tikkun Olam: From Babylonia to Boulder
Rabbi Goldman devotes his first BJN post to discussing classical vs. contemporary examples of Tikkun Olam, and explores how the one underpins the other. Read More >>
A Third Rabbi Walks Into the Bar…
Rabbi Rose, of Har HaShem, responds to Rabbi Goldfeder and Soloway on distinctions. Read More >>
Mob Rule in Beit Shemesh
Rabbi Benjy Brackman joins a long list of rabbis from almost every stream of Judaism in condemning the behavior of the small group of fanatical Jews in Beit Shemesh. Read More >>
So the Monkey Says: See You Monday Night
Follow-up to Rabbi Goldfeder’s post earlier this week — a dialog between Rabbi Goldfeder and Rabbi Seidenberg next Monday night. Read More >>
A Rabbi and Another Rabbi Walk into a Bar…
Rabbi Soloway responds passionately to Rabbi Goldfeder’s article on distinctions and unity. Read More >>
A Rabbi and a Monkey Walk Into a Bar…
When we confuse co-existence with sameness, then trouble starts to brew. Read More >>
The Tim Tebow and Matisyahu Phenomena
What does Tebow-mania have in common with Matisyahu? Rabbi Benjy Brackman explains. Read More >>
Missing the Boat on Bat Mitzvah
Rabbi Gavriel Goldfeder shares perspective on the age of becoming bat mitzvah. Read More >>
Turkey Talk
Rabbi Marc says, “As delicious as that turkey dinner is on Thanksgiving, it is an increasingly ironic way to celebrate freedom and gratitude.” Read why. Read More >>
The Calm Before the Storm
We stand on the eve of the biggest Israeli civil demonstration ever, culminating seven weeks of protests and demands for social revolution and the restoration of a social government in Israel. Read More >>
