Blogs about: Jewish Philosophy
Featured Blog
Atheists in Bubbleland
In case you missed it, last month the world celebrated Blasphemy Day. This may be just the beginning of a widening schism between traditional and fundamentalist atheists.… more →
Torah Ideals
Atheists in Bubbleland
— 1 comment
torahideals wrote 1 month ago: In case you missed it, last month the world celebrated Blasphemy Day. This may be just the beginning … more →
Which Road not Taken?
torahideals wrote 1 month ago: With the leaves turning golden and autumn turning rapidly into winter, I think this reflection on Ro … more →
Welcome
dsayani wrote 1 month ago: Welcome to the Open Orthodox Insights blog, where various topics and issues in Judaism will be prese … more →
Parshas Bereishis and the Perfect Number
torahideals wrote 1 month ago: The number seven is neither random nor coincidental in the pattern of Creation. … more →
Tsunami Season
— 4 comments
torahideals wrote 2 months ago: The recent Samoan tsunami brings back horrific memories of the far more catastrophic Pacific Rim Tsu … more →
Two Cheers for Pain
— 4 comments
torahideals wrote 2 months ago: Reaching for the Aspirin bottle is not the only option. … more →
It's right before your eyes
torahideals wrote 3 months ago: Appreciating the spiritual lessons of peripheral vision. … more →
The Puzzle Master
torahideals wrote 4 months ago: Tisha B’Av, the day commemorating the many tragedies of Jewish exile, offers an opportunity to … more →
The Betrayal of Experience
torahideals wrote 4 months ago: An adventurist’s primer offers a strategy for spiritual survival. … more →
The Lessons of Technology
torahideals wrote 5 months ago: Who’s watching you now? And what will they do with what they see? … more →
The Mystical Power of Amuka
— 1 comment
torahideals wrote 5 months ago: For a solid week rain had cascaded down from the heavens with scarcely a moment’s relief. It was ea … more →
1984 and the Language of Confusion
— 7 comments
torahideals wrote 5 months ago: Sixty years after Orwell’s masterpiece, his message is more prophetic than ever. And my apolog … more →
The Great Mistake
torahideals wrote 5 months ago: Did the Almighty know what He was doing when He designed the human knee? … more →
Is Paul Divided? 01
Bruce Lowe wrote 6 months ago: Image by thestroups via Flickr I came across this great quote about the need to consider Paul in his … more →
Email of the Week -- The Broken Cup
torahideals wrote 6 months ago: There was a couple who used to go England to shop in a beautiful antique store. This trip was to cel … more →
Talking to the Wall Dept.
torahideals wrote 6 months ago: My efforts to engage an ideologue in civil discourse. Draw your own conclusions. … more →
The Girl with X-Ray Eyes
— 2 comments
torahideals wrote 7 months ago: What if we could see how our actions affect us inside? Thanks to Jill Abrams for suggesting the to … more →
Guilt: Vanity's Poison
— 11 comments
iampayam wrote 7 months ago: The topic for this week is guilt and Judaism. You may read the title and think to yourself: “ … more →
Andre Neher on hope
Caleb wrote 7 months ago: A very interesting Jewish philosophical take on silence especially. I stumbled on to Neher recently. … more →
