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I met a girl today. She's about three weeks old now, weighs about two pounds and has been in the NICU [Neonatal Intensive Care Unit] sin...

LNM writes : "I think a big part of this was that philosophically I had tied "doing mitzvos" directly to "serving god...

If there's one thing that troubles me about basic monotheistic theology is the idea of divine justice. Not that the idea is a bad one pe...

Top Doc Scared Off Panel On Rabbinic Sex Molesters by Hella Winston A prominent Orthodox rabbi and psychologist has been intimidated into q...

As I often do following the night's reading of Eicha, since my shul only has these ancient kinot booklets instead of real books, I looke...

This is a topic that's bothered me for some time. In most US states it is state law that HIV testing first requires the patient's (o...

I was tagged by Da'as Hedyot , so I guess I'll do my blogging duty. Q1. How would you define "atheism"? Strictly as simply...

I found this absolute gem when I was reading "When They Severed Earth from Sky" (y'know, the book that describes the mentality...

Think about it: Sweet hymns shall be my chant and woven songs, For Thou art all for which my spirit longs-- To be within the shadow of Thy h...

Yen Yuan asked about benevolence. The Master [Confucius] said, 'To return to the observance of the rites through overcoming the self con...