The Things We Discussed in 5781

It occurred to me that by expanding the links on the right, I could create an index of all the posts on this blog this past year. The major topic was Coronavirus and the various theological and societal Orthodox Jewish responses, along with the Meron tragedy, both of which had significant connections to the rationalist vs. non-rationalist perspectives. Other significant topics were the Gaza War, different types of UnOrthodox Jews, supporting people in kollel, elections, and trying to understand partisanship and various other biases. Then there were the usual eclectic range of topics, from leviathans to locusts to the Karate Kid to Noah's Ark. I hope that you gained from these discussions, and if you'd like to express your appreciation and help support inspiring and educating people about the relationship between Torah and the natural sciences, please make a donation to the Biblical Museum of Natural History at this link. 

Wishing you all a sweet, happy, healthy, and successful new year, and may we all be inscribed in the Book of Life!

• ▼  2021 (108)

  • ▼  September (2)

    • How to Avoid Teshuva for Negligent Homicide

    • They're Not Murderers Or Nazis

  • ▼ August (8)

    • HE DECIDED TO GET A VACCINE BOOSTER, AND THEN HE DIED

    • "I'd Rather Die Horribly Than Get Vaccinated!"

    • What Do The Experts Say?

    • Now This Is Where Medical Experts Are Probably Wrong

    • It's Time To Understand That You Don't Understand

    • Lies, Statistics, and Outrageous Lies

    • Does Rambam Support Kollel?

    • From Bais Yaakov to MD, part III

  • ▼ July (12)

    • Hamas' Useful Idiots

    • The BDS Error

    • This Is Amazing!

    • Beneath the Hysteria around Ben & Jerry's

    • Do The Ends Justify The Means?

    • From Bais Yaakov to MD, part II

    • From Bais Yaakov to MD

    • It's Not A Sin

    • Thorny Problems, Thorny Solutions

    • Sinat Chinam and Israeli Politics

    • An Important Message for Email Subscribers

    • Snakes Alive!

  • ▼ June (13)

    • I'm Not Dying To Save You

    • Meron: The Unavenged

    • "Sssshhh!!!!"

    • Who Are The Most Charitable Jews?

    • Racist Zionists and Liberal Charedim

    • The Prime Ministers' Speeches

    • The Other Natural History Drama

    • The King's Speech

    • Vizhnitz for Yaffed and Lapid!

    • Who Glorifies Evil?

    • A Stolen Election?

    • An Underappreciated Wonder

    • Guest Post: Imposters Among Us

  • ▼ May (17)

    • Dying To Be Charedi

    • There's No Daas Torah In Italy

    • Subconscious Racism

    • The World Wide War

    • Die and Don't Learn?!

    • Time for Battle

    • How To Read This Week's Mishpacha

    • The Denial of Physical Reality is From the Top

    • Misconceptions About Israel

    • Foxholes and Fatalists

    • The Response to Murder

    • Meron: Those Responsible, And Those Responding

    • Denying the Reality of Physics

    • The Horses of Chelm

    • The Writing Was On The Wall

    • The Truth Becomes Clear - But Who Will Listen?

    • The Message Of Meron: The Need to Think Big

  • ▼ April (9)

    • Mourn. Don't Blame The Victims.

    • Dirt vs. Rocks

    • Book Launch This Sunday!

    • Is it Permissible to Punch a Rabbi in the Face?

    • Swimming With The Sharks

    • When Chassidim Fly

    • Zionism Looked Like A Unicorn

    • Shemini LIVE!

    • Our Most Incredible Exhibit Yet!

  • ▼ March (11)

    • The Haggadah You Have To Have

    • Can We Eat Locusts?

    • The Charedi Exterminator

    • The Election Post

    • Combating Corruption

    • Monsters and Matzos

    • Stranger Things

    • The Strangest Book

    • Unorthodox Unorthodox: The Sequel

    • Unorthodox Unorthodox

    • Lovely People Who Contribute To Deaths

  • ▼ February (17)

    • Are These Purim Costumes Offensive?

    • Happy Purim!

    • Posturers vs. Rebbi

    • Encountering Leviathan

    • My Greatest Mistake

    • Do Charedim Live Off The State - Really Really?

    • Reasonable Reasons Not To Take The Vaccine?

    • There's More To Torah Than Charedism

    • Were the Council of Torah Sages following Rambam?

    • Daas Torah on Covid-19

    • Learning Torah vs. Living Torah

    • If Everyone Was Charedi

    • The Angst of Jonathan Rosenblum

    • The Five Facts You Need To Know About Covid

    • How To Make Society Hate You

    • Why Rationalism Vs. Mysticism (Probably) Won't Be ...

    • Lethal Anti-Rationalism

  • ▼ January (19)

    • A Ban on Rationalism vs. Mysticism?

    • Making a Mockery of Rabbinic Leadership

    • It's Here! Rationalism Vs. Mysticism is out!

    • The Amazing Manna Segulah

    • A "Charedi" Intifada?

    • The Indicator

    • Scientific Ignorance or Anti-Influence?

    • Flawed Leaders and their Devoted Followers

    • So, Why DO Chassidim Disregard Covid?

    • The Chassidic Wedding Murders

    • Mazeltov! Murder Tonight.

    • Guest Post: Why You Should Take The Vaccine

    • When You Don't Need To Listen To The Rabbis

    • When The Rabbis Tell You To Eat Treife

    • AntiVaxxers and Stormers

    • A Child Tantrums, A Capitol Burns

    • So, what IS the Gedolims' Justification?

    • Something To Have By Your Door

    • An Argument At The Door

• ▼ 2020 (117)

  • ▼ December (6)

    • Karate Mussar

    • Kollel, 1943-2020

    • Mistakes of AntiVaxxers

    • The Battle for Shechitah

    • And Here We Go

    • Dealing With Conspiracy Theorists

  • ▼ November (6)

    • Why I Can Never Be A True Rationalist

    • Too Outrageous To Be True?

    • The Extremists At Both Ends

    • How To Be A Frum Criminal

    • A Giant Among Rabbis

    • Know Your Brain

  • ▼ October (8)

    • How Aesthetic was the Ark?

    • Building Noah's Ark

    • The Noah's Ark Challenge

    • Ten Questions On Evolution And Judaism

    • The Goose That Laid The Golden Eggs

    • The Chassidic Coronavirus Policy

    • A Serious Charedi Halachic Responsum on Covid and ...

    • Who By Suicide

  • ▼ September (9)

    • The Charedi Opposition to Women's Names

    • The Black and White Problem

    • Ghosts and Golems

    • Out Of Their Minds

    • The Unmitigated Chutzpah of the Daas Torah Defenders

    • The Dangerous Inciters

    • "How Dare He?!" How Dare You!

    • Yated Doubles Down

    • You'll Never Believe Who And Where