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☑ Pacific Jewish Center Featured on MSNBC.com
☑ Essay: The Oral Law in Judaism
☑ Athletes as Role Models? ☑ My Chanukah Message To You: Light Knows No Friend or Foe
☑ A Moral Argument Against The Death Penalty
☑ Why The Earthquake in Haiti Happened
☑ The Mechanics of Change and How To Make A Difference
☑ 27 Years Is A Harsh Sentence But Not The Only Harsh Sentence
☑ Dr. Laura Quits: I Think It's A Shame (and some belated commentary on Helen Thomas)
☑ Essay: What is Teshuva (repentance) and How Does It Work in Judaism?
☑ Our Penchant For Defining Ourselves By Excluding Others
☑ The Future is Now (or coming soon)
☑ Glenn Beck, Radicalized Islam and Reform Rabbis
☑ Thoughts on Ami Magazine’s Orthoprax Article: The Impostors Among Us
☑ Bill O’Reilly, Jon Stewart, Common and the Selective Outrage Machine
☑ Reputation Obsession: Taking Tov Shem M’Shemen Tov – A Good Name is Better Than Good Oil – to the Next Level
☑ The Future of Women in Orthodox Judaism
☑ Half Shabbos, Half Truths, Half Solutions
☑ A Message for Orthodox Jews in the wake of Joel Alperson’s Op-Ed on Tikkun Olam
☑ The Accuracy of the Written Torah
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- Standing Tall | A Guest Post
- Judaism of the Future: My Response to Klal Perspectives Spring 2012
- Some Stereotypes Are True: Jewish Doctors Edition
- Another Asifa Article in the Wall Street Journal, Some More Quotes
- I'm Quoted in the Wall Street Journal Regarding the Asifa
- Eternal Message of Happiness | A Guest Post
- Maimonides is Turning Over in His Grave
- The NY Times Article on Sex Abuse in the Ultra-Orthodox Jewish Community
- Does Jewish Law Favor Capitalism or Socialism?
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- Melinda Gates Challenges Religious Authority
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