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October 2015

October 19, 2015

Ben Carson Hates Israel!

Ben Carson speaks with great authority about the Bible. This is in spite of the...

July 2015

July 21, 2015

“Rational Doubt” Blog – Vacation Bible School

Vacation Bible School is a Christian institution that the Clergy Project's Rational Doubt blog has...

June 2015

June 08, 2015

Teach Torah Honestly!

Sometimes I feel like I must be missing some kind of Jewish gene that enables...

May 2015

May 25, 2015

This Is the Torah!

On Friday night at my congregation we celebrated Shavuot (see my previous post about the...

March 2013

March 06, 2013

Truth Is Stranger Than Truth

There are few moments in my education that stand out more than the time when...

February 2012

February 02, 2012

Jewish Values: Left-Wing, Right-Wing & Everything In Between

One of the most interesting Jewish writers around these days is Jay Michaelson. His regular...

January 2012

January 31, 2012

How Could God Have Allowed The Holocaust And Other Meaningless Questions

Back in September I wrote a response to Rabbi Alan Lurie’s HuffPost blog about how...

January 25, 2012

Heigh-Ho, Heigh-Ho…Onto The Ark We Go!

I just took a few days off to go to Walt Disney World with my...

January 16, 2012

Why “Atheist Rabbi”?

In the wake of the attack on my blog, I thought it might be a...

July 2011

July 01, 2011

Computer Confirms Bible’s Multiple Authors

There is a fascinating story on Haaretz.com about new computer software that has been developed...

February 2011

February 27, 2011

Come And Listen To A Story ‘Bout A Man Named Brown

Israel’s energy luck has changed in recent years due to the discovery of natural gas...

January 2011

January 12, 2011

Sam Harris vs. Rabbi David Wolpe

Yesterday I listened to a debate between Sam Harris and Rabbi David Wolpe. It’s not...

December 2010

December 31, 2010

Biblical Rape Laws Explained

While checking out some new sites, I discovered a blog called I Love Charts. There’s...

December 29, 2010

Torah And Deception In The Land Of Israel

Yesterday’s New York Times had a piece about the problem of voluntary Haredi unemployment in...

December 27, 2010

The Torah Is A Great Science Book!

Orthodox kiruv (outreach) merchant Adam Jacobs is at it again. Once again he brings his great...

December 12, 2010

The Many Deceptions Of Aish Ha-Torah

I have yet to write about a Jewish organization that, as diplomats say, I hold...

December 09, 2010

Orthodox Rabbis: “Racism Originated In The Torah”

When my liberal religious friends jump on me for declaring that the bible is racist,...

December 01, 2010

God Told Kentucky To Build Them An Arky, Arky

Sadly I had finished my rabbinical education in Cincinnati long before the Creation Museum opened...

November 2010

November 30, 2010

Ten Commandments Revisited

Some east Texas yahoo is putting forward legislation to allow the ten commandments to be...

October 2010

October 30, 2010

“Sometimes It Takes An Atheist To See The Truth”

In order to get to the good part of this post, I have to introduce...

October 29, 2010

Portion Of The Week From An Israeli Heretic!

I do very much enjoy the studying the bible as literature. Along with that comes...

October 02, 2010

Some Simchat Torah Heresy

Today I celebrated Simchat Torah by putting the finishing touches on a journal article surveying...