Three Jews, Four Opinions - Index to Best Posts (by Categories)

Books and Essays - Reviews and Responses

• Bertrand Russell, "Why I Am Not A Christian" (1927)

Ethics

• God, Objective vs. Subjective Ethics (and Meta-Ethics), and the Limits of Moral (and Legal) Authority
• Pagan Justice, Christian Love, and Levinasian Judaism
• Doing the Right Thing
• Rubashkin's, Ethical Kashrut, etc.
• Parapets on the Roof

Denominational Issues In General - Orthodox, Conservative, Reform, Reconstructionist

• The Limits of Reform Judaism and Non-Halachic Halacha
• Kugel at the JTS

Denominational Issues - Is Liberal Judaism Meaningful?

• Mitzvot - Which Are the Low Hanging Fruit?

God

• God
• God - Part 2. Refocusing the Question, not Redefining the Terms.

Halacha

• A Halachic Argument for Evolving Halacha
• The Daughters of Zelophechad 2 - Legal Theory, Common Law, and Repeated Commands

Holidays

• Preparing for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur - Practical Issues
• Preparing for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, Part 2
• Preparing for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, Part 3
• Moderate, Liberal, and Secular Jews Should Celebrate Sukkot
• Building a Sukkah - Some Practical Issues
• Shemini Atzeret, Simchat Torah, Death, Rebirth, and Poetry
• Tenth of Tevet - The Rhythm and Sometimes Lack of Rhythm of the Calendar

Humor

• A New Name for 'Conservative Judaism': My Worst Idea Ever
• Trader Joe's Boycott - "Raising Awareness" In An Unexpected Way

Jewish Education

• How to Undermine Jewish Education

Parsha of the Week

• Noach - Amusing Posts on the Flood
• B'Midbar
• Pinchas - The Daughters of Zelophechad

Prayer

• Amidah - The Avot Prayer and Barack Obama's Speech
• Amidah - Building Jerusalem and Restoring the Divine Presence to Zion

Rituals and Practices

• Is the 'Blessing of the Sun' Joni Mitchell's favorite mitzvah?
• Reimagining Taharat Hamishpachah
• Consoling the Bereaved

Social Issues

• Same sex marriage, Jewish law, and American law
• Will Your Grandchildren Be Reform?
• Will Your Grandchilden Be Commited Jews (Regardless of Denomination)?

Synagogue Issues

• Children and the Torah Service
• Reflections on an Orthodox Bar-Mitzvah

Talmud

• Ketubot 10a-10b - A Virgin is Married on a Wednesday

Theories of Judaism

• The Future of American Judaism?
• Judaism's Intellectual Crisis
• The Maximum of the Minimum
• Mix and Match
• The Theory of the Other Theory
• Tradeoffs in Judaism Between Truth and Goodness. Or Not.

This and That

• Atheist Questionnaire

The Torah Min HaShamayim / Documentary Hypothesis Project

• See separate index here