Judaica Essays
In this section you will find essays on various topics, including Torah, News, Halakha (Jewish law), Aggadah (Legend and lore), Elohut (Jewish theology), Mussar (ethics),history, politics, and various commentaries.
Jewish unity and interdenomination relations
Patrilineal Descent: A Threat to Jewish Unity
Heal the rift between Jews
Who defines Judaism? Catholic Israel
Chabad-Lubavitch: Has it become messianic?
Religious syncretism and Jewish renewal: Why the double standard
Elohut (Theology)
Dualism: A danger of Kabbalah
Jewish Afterlife Beliefs FAQ
Can we still believe?
How do Jews pray?
Crisis of Faith - and a resolution to it.
Does the Kabbalah say that God is not "Omnipotent"? Abraham Joshua Heschel
Moshiach: Will there be a personal messiah?
On Knowing God: Rational reasons to believe in God Neil Gillman
The Ongoing Reform/Conservative Difference Elliot Dorff
Is Revelation Continuous?
Are religious beliefs justifiable? Considering epistemology
Halakha (Jewish law)
How is Jewish law and custom changed?
Examples of change in Jewish law
Jewish Codes of law: Use and mis-use
Solutions to the mamzer dilemma
Blotting out Amalek: Theory and Practice
70 Faces of Torah
Practical Halacha for Conservative Jews
Is swordfish kosher? Isaac Klein
Why should Jews keep kosher?
Kol b'Ishah: Myths about a woman's voice in prayer Judith Hauptman
Medical ethics and human sexuality
Assisted Suicide
Homosexuality: Jewish views
A Sevarah on Homosexuality
Jewish Bioethics: A methodology Elliot Dorff
Paying for Medical Care: A Jewish View
Jewish Scripture: Torah, Mishna, Talmud, Midrash, etc.
What is "Midrash" ? Jacob Neusner
Rashi's unknown commentaries!
Understanding Ezekiel 20
Understanding Ezekiel's "laws that were not good"
Maimonides' views on animal sacrifice
The Apocrypha and Judaism FAQ
Jewish-Christian relations (many topics)
Jewish-Christian Relations
Science and religion
Can we change Jewish beliefs in light of new information?
The effects of science on Jewish law Elliot Dorff
Genesis, Science, and "Scientific Creationism" Jeffrey Tigay
The Philosophy of Maimonides
Maimonides' radical rationalism
His views on how the laws of nature, angels, miracles, and divine providence.
Maimonides' views on blotting out Amalek and genocide
Maimonides' views on restoring animal sacrifices in the future
The last word in Jewish theology? The 13 principles of faith
How to read Maimonides' Guide of the Perplexed
History
Suggested books on Jewish history, sociology and Zionism
The rabbinic (Seder Olam) dating system vs. conventional history
Jewish History Timeline
Miscellaneous
Foolish minhagim (foolish customs)
Gun control: Jewish views
Judaism and the Environment
The Minimum Wage: a Jewish view
Is it Ok to hate certain views, as opposed to hating people?
A guide for gentile visitors to synagogues
Process Theology: Between supernaturalism and naturalism
God as Mother? Feminist linguistics and Jewish texts
The Artscroll Controversy: Pious polemics vs. serious scholarship
Copyright 2001, Robert D. Kaiser. kaiser@biosys.net I retain copyright on the essays and FAQs on this website, including their organization and editing, and all the original material therein. However, the copyright on all quoted material within said essays and FAQs within belongs to whoever originally wrote them, which I have attempted to denote as accurately as possible.
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