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Comments on Jewish and political topics from a perspective that is progressive, personal, humorous, and humane. My professional blog is Communicate! (www.dennisfischman.com).

Tuesday, April 2, 2019

Before and after you read Halakhah, by Chaim Saiman: what should you know? What will you learn?

I have written in glowing terms about the book Halakhah: The Rabbinic Idea of Law, by Chaim Saiman . It's a novel explanation of an imp...

Halakhah: The Rabbinic Idea of Law, by Chaim Saiman

This might be your story. You grew up in an environment where Christian culture was the norm. Even if you weren't religious yourself...

Wednesday, November 7, 2018

God of Love?

Whenever I hear (or more likely, read) the argument that the God of the "Old Testament" is a god of vengeance and the God of the ...

Monday, June 5, 2017

This is an Uprising

Are you part of the Resistance? Did you become "political" only after an election result you couldn't imagine ahead of time ...

Wednesday, November 9, 2016

What do we do now that Trump has been elected?

On election night, a friend asked on Facebook, “So what do we do if Trump wins?” It seems that many people had not thought about it before...

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