Maimonides
As a rabbi, philosopher and physician, Maimonides wrestled with religion and reason – the book he wrote to reconcile them, ‘Guide to the Perplexed,’ has sparked debate ever since
By Randy L. Friedman — February 20, 2024
(The Conversation) — Faith and reason are often treated as opposites. But some philosophers believe they can only strengthen each other, including the Jewish sage Maimonides, who wrote the famous ‘Guide to the Perplexed.’
New book draws from Torah’s wisdom to help recovering alcoholics
By Fiona André — January 25, 2024
(RNS) — The book gives daily reflection exercises, drawing on AA's famous 12-step method and portions of Jewish Scripture.
A newly identified document gives insight into the mind of Maimonides
By David I. Klein — May 19, 2023
(RNS) — The 900-year-old scrap of paper was among the hundreds of thousands of fragments collected from the Cairo Genizah, a trove of Jewish writings held in a Cairo synagogue that collectively chronicles nearly two millennia of Jewish life in Egypt.
On Yom Kippur, Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg explains why repentance is so important
By Yonat Shimron — October 3, 2022
(RNS) — Society often expects victims of harm to forgive their perpetrators, regardless of whether they've cleaned up their act, says Ruttenberg. Judaism offers another way.
You say you want a revolution? Try the Bible
By Jeffrey Salkin — August 26, 2022
It's a noisy text. I wouldn't want it any other way.
What I learned when I got COVID
By Jeffrey Salkin — May 18, 2022
(RNS) — This is what ‘positive thinking’ can get you. In the midst of it all, COVID-19 became my rabbi.
No, Thanksgiving is not Sukkot
By Jeffrey Salkin — November 24, 2021
(RNS) — Actually, the Jewish connection is much cooler than we had thought.
What would Maimonides say about Dennis Prager?
By Mark Silk — November 12, 2021
(RNS) — The 12th-century Jewish scholar would likely have called him a majnūn.
As Catholics mull Communion for politicians, Jews should look again at abortion issue
By Avi Shafran — July 1, 2021
(RNS) — Judaism, as it happens, is overwhelmingly about responsibilities, not ‘rights.’
How cultural appropriation became good for the Jews
By Jeffrey Salkin — June 22, 2017
Let's hear it for cultural appropriation. Without it, Judaism could not exist.
Thanksgiving is a Jewish holiday
By Jeffrey Salkin — November 23, 2016
Who invented Thanksgiving? A famous Jewish doctor in medieval Egypt. Seriously.
Invasion of the Muslim body snatchers?
By Jeffrey Salkin — June 15, 2016
Some people just love to be afraid and to hate. Get a life, already.
Who cares about Passover anymore?
By Jeffrey Salkin — April 19, 2016
Many Jews are going to be including rice and beans in their Passover diets. The real question is: What does Passover mean to many American Jews?
‘Dig’ unearths a possible messiah complex
By Kimberly Winston — April 2, 2015
(RNS) "He is coming." With those words, "Dig," the action-thriller fueled by biblical prophesy, dives deeper into Judaism in its fifth episode.
Are Jews obligated to give money to panhandlers? (COMMENTARY)
By Beth Huppin — March 3, 2015
(RNS) On Purim, one of the religious requirements is to give directly to at least two poor people. The Jewish sage Maimonides instructed us not to be too discerning. “Anyone who puts out his hand to take should be given money.”
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