Ideas

I am a single rabbi without children. I shouldn’t be made to feel I am not ‘doing my part.’

There are many models beyond motherhood for contributing to the Jewish future, writes a rabbi at Beth El Synagogue Center in New Rochelle, New York.

By Jessica Fisher January 24, 2023 10:30 am

The Sit-Down Ideas

What American Jews fight about when they fight about Israel

Eric Alterman’s “We Are Not One” is history of U.S.-Israel relations told through the intense public arguments they have engendered.

January 22, 2023 7:00 am

Ideas

ChatGPT can write verse, but it is no more alive than the Golem of Prague

Like a golem, artificial intelligence doesn’t have a human heart, writes the poet Rodger Kamenetz.

January 17, 2023 10:00 am

Ideas

On one foot: 5 essential things to know about Abraham Joshua Heschel on his 50th yahrzeit

By Andrew Silow-Carroll January 15, 2023 7:00 am

Ideas

Learning Hebrew brought me closer to Judaism — and alienated me from Israel

By Joel Swanson January 13, 2023 10:00 am

The Sit-Down Ideas

A law professor worries Israel could become the next Hungary

By Andrew Silow-Carroll January 8, 2023 7:00 am

Ideas

Israeli democracy may not survive a ‘reform’ of its Supreme Court

By Alex Lederman January 6, 2023 10:00 am

Rabbi Rosen Pope Benedict March 2006 copy

Ideas

The Pope Benedict I knew: A keeper of his faith with a deep respect for Judaism

By Rabbi David Rosen January 3, 2023 2:09 pm

Ideas

Picking a new rabbi? A new novel about a church shows how

By Andrew Silow-Carroll January 1, 2023 7:00 am

Ideas

Book bans, Ukraine and the end of Roe: The year 2022 in Jewish ideas

By Andrew Silow-Carroll December 25, 2022 7:00 am

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I am a single rabbi without children. I shouldn’t be made to feel I am not ‘doing my part.’

What American Jews fight about when they fight about Israel

ChatGPT can write verse, but it is no more alive than the Golem of Prague

On one foot: 5 essential things to know about Abraham Joshua Heschel on his 50th yahrzeit

Learning Hebrew brought me closer to Judaism — and alienated me from Israel

A law professor worries Israel could become the next Hungary

Israeli democracy may not survive a ‘reform’ of its Supreme Court

The Pope Benedict I knew: A keeper of his faith with a deep respect for Judaism

Picking a new rabbi? A new novel about a church shows how

Book bans, Ukraine and the end of Roe: The year 2022 in Jewish ideas

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