Evanston Jew

Today will be my last post on my blog, at least for now. I will keep my blog up indefinitely, but in time I will block all new comments. I h...

I want to continue seeing what could be done with my Foucault -ish idea that charedi society, in its public space, is devoted to a sort of ...

I have already mentioned I am an avid reader of charedi publications. They are all so great, it is difficult to choose a favorite; but I try...

Jack Wertheimer, the Provost of JTS has been writing for the last twenty years on the theme of the sky is falling. In the June 2006 issue of...

Rabbi Maryles wrote an essay on Immorality in Western Culture (12/22/06). In the comments section I took issue with what he said. The follo...

There are many rich Jews in America who would like to engage in a meaningful Jewish charity. At times it is difficult for them to know how t...

In my last blog I used an idea from the philosopher Martin Heidegger to explain a feature of Orthodoxy. Heidegger was a full fledged Nazi, a...

I have noticed on internet dating sites Orthodox people include in their self representations religious virtues and character traits, wherea...

Secular and liberal Jews in America are disappearing for many reasons, one of them being they marry so late in life that there isn’t enough ...

I see there is something of a market in Orthodox Jewish self-help books. I am thinking of getting into the business, as a sideline of cours...

The National Jewish Population Survey of 2001 reported that 20% of adult American Jews were raised Orthodox, but only 10% of adult American ...