Julian Sinclair is an economist in Israel's clean-technology and renewable-energy sector. An ordained rabbi, he has translated and annotated Abraham Isaac Kook's 1909 introduction to the laws of the sabbatical year (Hazon, 2014) and is the translator of Micah Goodman's Maimonides and the Book that Changed Judaism (Jewish Publication Society).
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In a season of mass protests in Hong Kong and a fierce dustup with the NBA, the acclaimed new Chinese-American film is (almost) silent on the costs of engaging with authoritarianism.
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Many view postmodern skepticism as profoundly threatening to religious belief. Rav Shagar saw it as liberating and enriching. Was he right?
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The happy minor holiday of Tu b'Av symbolizes the reunification of God and Israel, and offers a foretaste of the great dance of redemption.
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The wildly popular movement relies on simplified and selective readings of traditional sources. We deserve better.
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