Sitemap - 2012 - Rationalist Judaism

Not For The Reason You Might Suspect

Musings on Metzitzah

My Speech at my Son's Bris

A Real Rationalist Chanukah Miracle

Strange Obituaries

Leopards, Africa, and other stuff

Soldiers, Draft-Dodgers, and Deserters

Drawing Strength from Blood Libels

Letter to Britain's "The Independent"

Misrepresentation and Ignoring Chazal

Strange Reactions

A Few Announcements

The Theology of Sandy

A Bird in the Hand

Rules With Exceptions

What Rav Elyashiv Really Meant

Monsters Vs. Israelis

Do I Need Supporters?

The Haredi Construction of Rabbinic Authority: A Case Study

The Prime Ministers

Kapparos

Judgment Day: A Necessary Belief?

Chassidic Rebbe Discovers Evolution (Almost)

Star Trek

Olifants and Triceratops

The El Al Ticket Fiasco and Rationalism

A Question About Ralbag's Reception

Two Summer Anecdotes

Eilu V'Eilu!

The Dark Night Rises

Being Beeish

The Sun's Path at Night Redux

Context: How it Plays Out

The Difference is Context

What is a Halachic Source?

The Hypocrisy of Selective Bitachon

Status Update

The Higgs Boson and God

I Was Wrong

Great Rabbinic Wisdom

The Other Siyum HaShas

The Economics of Torah Scholarship in Medieval Jewish Thought and Practice

Will The Real Stan Please Stand Up

Choosing for Oneself, Choosing for One's Children

The Future of the New Charedim

Yated Wars: Reactions to the New Charedim

The New Charedim

To The Batcage!

Rav Hirsch Lives!

When is a Hyrax Not a Hyrax?

Is There Wisdom In Bans?

Agudah Acknowledges Dropping The Ball On Abuse, Claims Near-Perfection

Rabbinic Responses to the Transit of Venus

The Unsung Heroes of Daf Yomi

Guest Post: R. Shimon b. Tzemach Duran's Encyclopedia

Monitor Lizard; Plus, New Google Search

Post-Asifa Reflections

Rav Steinman's Speech

Do Scientists Pray?

That Bothersome Bardelas!

Reflections on the Internet Asifah

Internet Asifa a Great Kiddush Hashem

You Don't Mess With The Zohar

What You Can Do

The Jewish Museum of Natural History

Lactating Snakes and Vampire Owls

A Close Shave... But With What?

Praying For Survival: The Hassidization of Litvaks

Yom Ha-Atzmaut and Rationalism

Rabbi Storch Responds

Review of "The Secrets of the Stars"

Shlissel Challah: Serious Segulah or Pagan Piffle?

The Riddle of the Bears and the Grapes; plus, summer

"How Can You Cite Him?!" Plus, publishing woes

The Challenge of Blogging

Why On Earth Would One Eat A Kezayis?

Matzah/ Maror Chart for Rationalists

Why Do We Eat Matzah? Plus, more on the bear

The All-Time Most Popular Post

Rav Dessler: In or Out?

Crowdsourcing the Bear

Anti-Rationalism and Rashi

More Rejected Comments

Giant Levites?

Giants and Dwarfs

Irresponsible Fear Mongering in the WSJ

When Trembling Becomes Paralysis

Green Cheese versus Hominid Lupines

Hominid-Lupine Transmogrification - UPDATED

The Return of the Metzizah B'Peh Controversy

A contemporary posek on spontaneous generation

Facing Up To The Facts

Pulling Teeth and Presenting Opinions

Acknowledging Dissenting Views

Why Lice Are A Matter Of Life And Death

Who's Afraid Of Mice And Salamanders?

Spontaneous Generation Defended In "Tradition"!

Werewolf Redux

Atheism 2.0

The Passing of a Pioneer

Dying to Help

Rationalism and Rabbinic Authority

The One-Way Street

Extraordinarily Extravagant Exaggerations About Rav Elyashiv

A Dangerous Gamble

When The Winds Blow

The Zealots' Perspective

The "Da'as" in Da'as Torah

Gedolims' Edicts and Mishpachah

The Making of Haredim

When Saying Sorry Is Not Enough

The Physical Dangers of Anti-Rationalism

The Parenting Dilemmas of a Rationalist ZooRabbi

Is Talmudic Science Rated As Torah?

Building Tolerance – Even For Haredim

Strength in Leadership

An Example of a True Gadol

Rav Shlomo Fisher and the Scientific Accuracy of Scripture

"We Love You! And Pity You!" Plus, the Inaccuracies in Ami and elsewhere

It's Not An Aberration

Everyone is Fighting a Different Battle in Beit Shemesh

The Letter of the Community Rabbis

Essential Reads on the Charedi Controversy