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December 2014

December 18, 2014

Chanukah: When Truth Collides with Memory

Chanukah is a challenging holiday for Humanistic Jews. Yes, you read that correctly. Our little...

December 22, 2011

Happy Chanukah!

Here is my Chanukah gift to readers of TheAtheistRabbi.com. It’s the Los Angeles Gay Men’s...

September 2011

September 30, 2011

Blessed Art Thou, Mr. Deity

I am a long-time fan of the Mr. Deity YouTube series. If you aren’t familiar...

September 15, 2011

Warning! This Religion Will Require A God Upgrade!

Here’s a book review I’ve been working on. The post is a little longer than...

December 2010

December 07, 2010

Chanukah: The Sequel, Or, How The Maccabees Mucked Things Up

Well people are going to start thinking I’m some kind of Chanukah scrooge, but one...

December 06, 2010

Taking Chanukah Too Seriously

Rabbi Eric Yoffie, chieftain of the Reform movement, has gotten himself in quite the tizzy...

November 2010

November 23, 2010

Chanukah: The Oily Miracle That Never Was

Sorry I’ve been on hiatus for so long from the blog. When you start a...

October 2010

October 02, 2010

Maybe He Works At Yale Community College

Rabbi Shmully Hecht is the advisor to the Chabad-sponsored Yale Eliezer Society. He is also...

October 02, 2010

Some Simchat Torah Heresy

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

September 2010

September 23, 2010

Happy Water Drawing Day

All day today I have been intending to post something about Sukkot. For a holiday...

September 17, 2010

Yom Kippur For Secular Humanists

Tonight is Yom Kippur and I’ll be with Congregation Beth Adam in Boca Raton where...

September 10, 2010

Rosh Hashanah at Congregation Beth Adam, Boca Raton

Here is my talk from Thursday morning: Last night I was thrilled to have the...

September 10, 2010

Erev Rosh Hashanah at Congregation Beth Adam, Boca Raton

Here's my speech from Erev Rosh Hashanah: Just a few short years ago, I stood...