Daily Archives: June 29, 2010

Swinging Freely With My Emotions

On his radio show today, Dennis Prager says he can’t think of any circumstance where he’d be governed by his emotions. If Dennis Prager says it, it must be true! I wanna be like Dennis Prager. He’s my hero. Crissy … Continue reading

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The Reasons For Jewish Law

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Newsweek’s List Of Top 50 Rabbis

Here you go. The list seems silly to me. The leader of the Reform movement, Eric Yoffie, at number two? He’s retiring. “5.David Saperstein—Having just completed his term as the only rabbi serving on President Obama’s White House Office of … Continue reading

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Taking Strong Views

Dennis Prager says in his 15th lecture on Deuteronomy (2003) that he teaches to no particular group. “Most people who take positions have a specific group they appeal to. My appeal is to people individually than groupwise. Most people teaching … Continue reading

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Gershon Hepner’s New Book

Anon writes: About the time Dr. Gershon Hepner returned to prison life, his new book of Torah commentary was published (Legal Friction: Law, Narrative, and Identity Politics in Biblical Israel). In this book, he takes many stands that would qualify … Continue reading

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