Orthoprax

I have been working for quite some time now trying to create a Judaism that encourages critical thinking and rational beliefs while at the s...

"What's the big deal with having Jewish grandchildren? If there is no God, or if there is a Deistic God but no Yahweh, isn't J...

On the Frum Skeptics Group, one of the members asked about our political views on abortion. This is what I answered: I have mixed feelings. ...

One of the members of the Frum Skeptics Group was complaining about davening and how we should take large parts of it out of Jewish practice...

Gen 21:22-31 22 At that time Abimelech and Phicol the commander of his forces said to Abraham, "God is with you in everything you do. 2...

Why MO is dependent on the UO: How many Modern Orthodox Jews know how to make tefilin? And I don't mean intellectually, I mean knowing t...

R' Yehuda Halevi in the Kuzari 3:37 writes: "The sage said: This relates to what I told you about engaging in intellectual speculat...

I went this past Sunday to the Darfur anti-genocide rally in Washington. It wasn't something I wanted to do. I had zero desire to spend ...

Jewish Philosopher wrote a post here , that he had emailed to me as well. I'm not sure why I responded to him since he has a poor histor...

I was having a discussion the other day with this Lubavitch guy regarding the benefits of Zionism towards the preservation of the Jewish peo...