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July 2015

July 21, 2015

In Reply to Rabbi Stephen Fuchs

Rabbi Stephen Fuchs left a couple of comments on my blog about my post, Imagine...

June 2015

June 08, 2015

Teach Torah Honestly!

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

October 2013

October 02, 2013

Time To Panic! A New Survey On Jews Is Out

The Pew Research Center has released its report on patterns of Jewish identity and the...

June 2013

June 05, 2013

Magical Thinking In Reform Judaism

As a (still) dues-paying member of the Reform movement’s Central Conference of American Rabbis, I...

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...

January 2013

January 25, 2013

A Universe Not Made For Us

I just ran across this wonderful video narrated by the late Carl Sagan. I would...

August 2012

August 27, 2012

Guest Post: Dear My Magical Body

It’s just over a week since Todd Akin presented his surprising scientific findings about rape...

June 2012

June 28, 2012

Genital Mutilation Unites The Faiths

Reform Jews are making cause with Haredim! Muslims are embracing the concerns of rabbis! What’s...

May 2012

May 23, 2012

Blogosphere Heats Up Over Haredi Internet Rally

The non-Jewish press has taken a great interest in the Haredi internet sobfest held on...

May 22, 2012

Praying Away The Internet

Sunday night 40,000 Haredi men (just men) gathered at New York’s CitiField. They did not...

March 2012

March 23, 2012

Lurie, Einstein And Me

I certainly did not expect to hear from Alan Lurie about my recent post, “Lurie...

March 19, 2012

Lurie Redux…Now With Einsteinian Proofs!

I have twice addressed Rabbi Alan Lurie’s HuffPost articles and their assertions about God. You...

March 07, 2012

Miley Cyrus, Scientist

I’m a fan of Miley Cyrus. I think it started with that 3D concert I...

February 2012

February 24, 2012

Sex

All of the recent discussion by Christian theocratic types about contraception should serve as a...

February 23, 2012

Not So Fast There, Mr. Neutrino

Back in September the science world was quite excited when researchers at CERN announced the...

January 2012

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 17, 2012

Tuesday Link-A-Palooza

It’s Tuesday, the most disrespected day of the week. Too far from the weekend and...

January 16, 2012

Why “Atheist Rabbi”?

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

October 2011

October 26, 2011

Prayer Is Indeed Powerful

In case you thought that there was nothing to the power of prayer, think again. ...

October 20, 2011

The Clergy Project

For a few months now I have been a member of an online group called...

October 20, 2011

Gorilla Errata

A reader has written to me to correct a couple of mistakes in my post...

October 11, 2011

A Resource Guide To The “Intactivist” (No Circumcision) Movement

I have received so many e-mails in response to my recent post about circumcision. This...

October 06, 2011

Indoctrination Is Not Thinking For Yourself

Over at Religion Dispatches, Paul Wallace has taken notice of Richard Dawkins’ idea for a...

October 04, 2011

Eliminating The Cruelest Cut

I was very pleased to be contacted recently by Dr. Mark Reiss, who maintains the...

October 01, 2011

A Very Dawkins Rosh Hashanah

What better way to spend the second day of Rosh Hashanah than to attend a...

September 2011

September 30, 2011

Who You Gonna Believe? Science Or Your Lyin’ Eyes?

First of all, L’shana Tova! Happy 5772! Which by no means should be taken to...

September 22, 2011

And Ignoramuses Give Birth To Ignoramuses

Here’s a picture from a protest set up in Manhattan yesterday (from FailedMessiah.com). Typical of...

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...

September 12, 2011

Shmuley Boteach Doesn’t Understand Evolution

Rabbi Shmuley Boteach is an aggressively self-promoting rabbi to the stars. Now he’s coming out...

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...