UnOrthodox Jews and Flying Kangaroos

As 2021 draws to a close, I hope that you appreciated the hundred or so diverse posts this year, usefully indexed below. If you did, then presumably you value helping society move to a greater understanding of the world around us,  showing that Judaism can be a sensible source of wisdom, and advocating for our connection with our homeland. And if you value these things, it would be a great idea to support the Biblical Museum of Natural History! This year, despite the restrictions of Covid, we inspired and educated over twenty thousand people from all sectors of society, from secular to chassidic. You can donate online at this link. Thank you for your involvement with our mission!

• ▼  December (6)

  • Our Children's Lives

  • The Myth of Shmitta LeChumra

  • Was Rachel Imeinu Killed By A Werewolf?

  • The Most Powerful Biblical Motif

  • The Museum Inauguration, and Other Exciting News!

  • Battle Elephants by Beit Shemesh

• ▼ November (10)

  • Unpacking an Ark

  • The Overlooked Chanukah Miracle

  • Turkey, the Traditionless Kosher Bird

  • Coming to America

  • Does Shechitah Prove Torah MiSinai?

  • Flying Kangaroos or Damnation

  • The Niche Art of Noah's Ark

  • King Solomon's Unbuilt Spaceship

  • How I Helped Yanky Kanievsky Buy His Luxury Home

  • The Inauguration - At Last!

• ▼ October (12)

  • What Is A Cult?

  • What I'm Going To Do

  • What Can Be Done?

  • What are they REALLY saying?

  • Chickens and International Warfare

  • Exceptional Charedim

  • Who Disagrees?

  • Chassidim on a Plane

  • When Asked to Justify a Condemnation

  • Not What You Think

  • Revisers of the Lost Ark

  • Walking, Talking Snakes?

• ▼ September (6)

  • A Bold Leader in Torah and Science

  • Shaken By The Lulav

  • From Bais Yaakov to MD, Conclusion

  • The Things We Discussed in 5781

  • 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

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