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This can be regarded as a follow-up to my educational philosophy statement. It’s the text of an email I recently sent to one of my former s...

Click here for a printer-friendly version of this blog post. The Harmful Notion of the "Jewish Soul" Disclaimer and ...

I originally wrote this post in February 2009, towards the end of my time in graduate school. It was then that I discovered the writings of...

Originally posted in August 2013. Click here for a printer-friendly version of this blog post. Artwork: Butcher's Cleaver , by Ja...

In my recent post,  Do Babies Have Souls? (Ibn Ezra) , I presented the Ibn Ezra's idea that man's soul (i.e. his ability to think r...

I must preface this post with a disclaimer: I don't understand what a "soul" is . Years ago I used to think I understood the ...

What is "Torah"? This is one of the most basic question we can ask about Judaism. Like most basic questions, it is a surprisi...