Monthly Archives: May 2014
Bamidbar and ‘A Serious Man’
What connects the Book of Bamidbar (Numbers) and the Coen brothers’ film A Serious Man? A piece from Cartoon Kippah from 2012…
Orthodoxy and Homosexuality – Dilemmas and Opportunities
A piece I wrote for the Jewish Chronicle a couple of years ago attempting to find some sort of path in the minefield that is traditional Judaism and homosexuality.
‘A child born in Paris in 1933…’ Rav Aharon Lichtenstein – A Tribute
Last week the head of the yeshiva which I have studied at for much of the last decade, Rav Aharon Lichtenstein, was awarded the Israel Prize, the state’s highest honour, for his contributions to Torah literature. Those who know him from … Continue reading
Two sources for the transition from Yom HaZikaron to Yom Ha’atzmaut
Anyone who experiences Yom HaZikaron and Yom Ha’atzmaut in Israel knows that the transition is a strange one – from one extreme to another. Here are two sources – from Elie Wiesel and Rav Hirsch – that I’ve enjoyed thinking … Continue reading
