Category Archives: Monica Osborne

Would You Learn Midrash From This Woman?

Posted on April 23, 2008 by Luke Ford

I was looking for a drasha on the Torah from a PhD friend of mine and when I went to her MySpace, I found this pic:    

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Jew Or Christian?

Posted on November 23, 2007 by Luke Ford

Monica Osborne blogs: Last week, one young woman, a great student, asked me earnestly if the confusing reference to both God and God’s messenger in the story of Moses’s encounter with the burning bush was a reference to “the trinity.” … Continue reading →

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A World Gone Mad

Posted on August 22, 2007 by Luke Ford

Monica Osborne blogs: I used to say that one of the main (though there are many) differences between Indiana and California is the fact that people in Indiana fry everything, and love every second of it, while Californians turn up … Continue reading →

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Of Masks And Men

Posted on June 20, 2007 by Luke Ford

Monica Osborne blogs: …It’s rare, for example, to see shoppers cutting each other off with their carts and waving their middle fingers. The reason for this is obvious: when you have to look someone in the face you are confronted … Continue reading →

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Jewish Lit Dying?

Posted on May 28, 2007 by Luke Ford

Monica Osborne writes for Jewcy.com: In his review of Michael Chabon’s new novel The Yiddish Policemen’s Union and Nathan Englander’s The Ministry of Special Cases, William Deresiewicz says of the state of American Judaism: My own experience tells me that American Judaism has long … Continue reading →

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