Shmuel Rosner and Natan Slifkin discuss his latest book, “Rationalism vs. Mysticism: Schisms in Traditional Jewish Thought.”
Natan Slifkin, popularly known as the “Zoo Rabbi”, is a British-born Israeli Orthodox rabbi and director of the Biblical Museum of Natural History in Beit Shemesh, Israel. He is best known for his interest in zoology, science and for his books on these topics, which are controversial to a small number of Haredi Jews.
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It was one of the worst calamities that could befall an Iranian: a massive recall of cucumbers, large and small.
I have been thinking about the way in which we show, or don’t show, gratitude to our leaders in the workplace, especially in the Jewish community.
In Israel a discussion is being held about … well, one must be careful with words.
“Holy Sparks,” a milestone exhibition celebrating 50 years of women in the rabbinate, opened at Hillel UCLA last month and runs until Dec. 15.
The language of Middle Eastern politics can be frustrating, when one realizes, for example, that a ceasefire does not mean that the combatants have ceased firing at each other.
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