The Curious Jew

Many people mistake openness for trust. They think that if you are open with them, if you are friendly and happy and seem to enjoy being aro...

A true story authored by Dustfinger (my gorgeous, talented, fifteen-year-old sister) * As soon as I walked through the door that Friday aft...

I have considered investing in a piece of cardboard upon which I can marker, in proud Sharpie letters, "Spare me the apologetics."...

I had a very educational Rosh Hashana. I learned about the following New York customs: Kallah Bracelets- (Apparently the groom doesn't k...

א וַיְהִי, אַחַר הַדְּבָרִים הָאֵלֶּה, וְהָאֱלֹהִים, נִסָּה אֶת-אַבְרָהָם; וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלָיו, אַבְרָהָם וַיֹּאמֶר הִנֵּנִי . And it happened...

I was in the Stern library and stumbled upon a little book half-hidden between two larger books. I took it down and read it tonight; it'...

I don't know how I managed to miss Zev Eleff's compilation, " Yeshiva in Academic Literature ," in this issue of The Comme...

I'm going dancing in the rain after 6:00 PM (it's pouring here.) Anyone who wants to join me is welcome. This means you, former memb...

I'm thinking about who I am as a person right now, as opposed to who I was at the beginning of last year. I think there is a difference ...

I have often wondered about my religious observance. I commit various sins, and I often wonder whether it is hypocritical to follow other mi...

Your blood crystallizes and your lips are cold; you are beautiful and shining in the glow of an effervescent light, but it comes from within...

( "Step in Time" from Mary Poppins explains my mood quite well) I have no idea what's flying. I cannot control the majority...

Hey, I'd appreciate your input on blog policy. I'd also appreciate your explaining your point of view in the comments. Thank you!

I think I don't know how to think. Must thought be structured? I think it must. How would you define legitimate thought? I don't thi...

Noah and Lot are extremely similar characters. They are both survivors, their situation such that it is only they and their families who rem...

I live in my own place, have never copied nobody even half, and at any master who lacks the grace to laugh at himself—I laugh. OVER THE DOOR...

Suppose you had a friend who didn't do as well on a project as he had hoped. Suppose you offered this friend a particularly legitimate s...

See, I am doing my homework. I am! I am! (click for larger image) Related: One cannot read A Clockwork Orange without understanding Russian....