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How do we know what is true?

This was the question a friend put to me not long ago, after a lengthy discussion on the relative merits of homeopathy versus antibiotics and of…

In response to the complaints about the pervasive negativity, real or perceived, of the Chasidic way of life by writers on this site, I have decided to write a short piece showing the…

A Serious Man has been called hilarious comedy, genius high-brow tragedy, the best Coen brothers film, the Jewy-est, most auto-biographical Coen brothers film, a modern day story of Job, a medieval story of a dybbuk, and much else besides. But mostly it has been called dark and funny, confusing and mysterious. Dark and...
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K’vod Harav,

I am most honored and humbled to have been invited to participate in this lofty endeavor together with individuals of such peerless talent and unparalleled genius. However, there are a few small issues that stand…