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The Mystery of Tay-Sachs as a “Jewish Disease”
The fact that Tay-Sachs disease has been essentially eliminated from the population in which it was most frequent is glowing testimony to what we can do when we try.
Why Blood Is the Stuff of Life
Blood as a life force can be scary. Yet our verse, “do not stand idly by while your neighbor bleeds,” suggests another perspective.
Repairing the World With Science Tikkun
In this time of fragility, repairing the world is needed more than ever.
How Rationality Made Us: A Conversation with Steven Pinker, PhD
Rabbi Mitelman and Professor Steven Pinker discuss rationality, religion and the evolution of morality around them.
Religious and Scientific Miracles
As modern, scientific people, we tend to accept only natural explanations for events. Miracles can’t be the “answer” to questions we don’t yet understand.
Jewish Ethics in COVID-19
Since none are beyond the COVID-19 pandemic, whatever is thought about it, including bioethical thinking about it, is necessarily being done from within it.
COVID-19 and the Least of These
The vulnerabilities of illness do not define the person, but require that they receive extra care.
COVID-19 and Evil: A Test? A Plan? A Transgression?
How can we transform our meditations on the evil of the pandemic, from speculation about causes and goals, into a call to action?
The Religio-Emotional Significance of Wearing a COVID Mask
The purpose of the mask is not just medical. It is an outward display of an inner feeling of sadness, and it shows others that we are coping with a difficult time, and that this summer lacks the same joy as last year’s.
The Theology of Wearing a Mask
When your mask limits your ability to communicate clearly, perhaps you could let that moment remind you of the countless souls whose voices are never heard.
When Facts Lead to Uncomfortable Truths
From COVID-19 to racial justice, Professors Brian Nosek and Cailin O’Connor offer insight into the social and sometimes distorted origins of our beliefs.
Corona and Keter, Disease and Divinity
Rather than seeing God as decreeing disease, we’re better off recognizing how human beings affect the cosmos and, in turn, the divine.