In Miscellaneous and Parashat Ki Tavo
From the Dean’s Desk Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur are a protest against death in life and a warning of the danger of spiritual numbing. Habitual behavior and lack of responsiveness are the great enemies of life.
This statement by Martin Luther King came to mind as I was reading One People, Two Worlds (2), a candid and provocative dialogue between two rabbis on the fundamental differences between Orthodox and Reform Judaism.
By DCA Staff
I keep discovering that Judaism means very different things to different people. Recently I was exposed to an expression of Judaism that is old yet new, inspiring to some and disturbing to others.
Last week something remarkable happened in the Jewish religious world, unequaled in the non-Jewish one. While millions flew to the London Olympics
An extraordinary statement in the Talmud offers us a glimpse into the frame of mind of the Sages immediately following the destruction of the Temple,
In Circumcision and Miscellaneous
As anti-Semitism in Europe is on the rise, and antagonism towards the State of Israel escalates, there is a need for careful assessment of the nature of anti-Semitism.
There is little doubt that Halacha greatly complicates life for the religious Jew. There is no other religion that requires so much dedication and includes so much emphasis on detail.
Just released new book of the David Cardozo Academy
In Miscellaneous and Shabbat
The fact that Judaism constantly surprises us is not a surprise. That the institution of Shabbath is one of the best inventions God ever came up with is well known.
When trying to understand Halacha’s failure to inspire many Jews in modern times we need to recognize that not only has it been flattened by over-codification and stagnation,
Sigmund Freud (1856-1939), the father of psychoanalysis and a figure as eminent as Galileo or Einstein, devoted a great deal of attention to religion.
The David Cardozo Academy wishes all of Israel a happy Independence Day.