Then and Now
A new article of mine just appeared in the American Jewish Archives Journal. Abstract: Jewish Time in Early-Nineteenth-Century America: 1–29 In 1806, a clerk in Newport, Rhode Island, by the name of Moses Lopez published the first … [Continue reading] about Jewish Time in Early Nineteenth Century America
I have a new essay, "Passover and the Festival of Matzot: Synthesizing Two Holidays," over at thetorah.com. Check it out here! … [Continue reading] about Passover and the Festival of Matzot
Although the official launch date for my book, How the Bible Became Holy, is not until April 15, I see that it is now shipping (and available on Kindle) from Amazon. And I hope that you like the new spiffy design on this website, thanks to Ariana … [Continue reading] about Book Launch
The other day I found myself with an awkward amount of free time between serious commitments -- the kind of pocket of time that is too long to really justify playing with Facebook but too short to get engaged in any project that … [Continue reading] about The Most Popular Kind of Judaism
Imagine, for a moment, that you run an organization that is staunchly anti-death penalty. Now, to make things interesting, imagine that that organization is the Central Conference of American Rabbis (CCAR). And to make things really interesting, … [Continue reading] about The Curious Case of the CCAR and Adolf Eichmann