Archive - Rationalist Judaism

Sacrifice vs. Jacuzzis

This is simply nauseating.

Apr 16 • Natan Slifkin

Is Yom HaShoah on the Wrong Day?

Who are the heroes of the Holocaust?

Apr 13 • Natan Slifkin

And why it matters

Apr 10 • Natan Slifkin

Heroics and Haredim

When the army inspires

Apr 6 • Natan Slifkin

The Prince of Egypt

What it gets right, contrary to popular Orthodox perceptions

Apr 1 • Natan Slifkin

The Kezayis Kollel Combo

When anti-rationalist phenomena combine

Apr 1 • Natan Slifkin

March 2026

Things to Celebrate, Things to Mourn

It's the best of times, it's the worst of times

Mar 30 • Natan Slifkin

The Danger of Ignoring Problems

And the folly of shallow Hasbara

Mar 29 • Natan Slifkin

The Extremist Violence WhatsApp Group

And the IDF response

Mar 25 • Natan Slifkin

Emotional Support Narwhals

An unusual way of coping with the challenges of war

Mar 24 • Natan Slifkin

Antisemitic vs. Jewish Terrorism

Mar 23 • Natan Slifkin

Lions and Tigers and Bears?

What was the Fourth Plague?

Mar 22 • Natan Slifkin

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