When I was living in Israel I saw how those who were four years my junior were being asked to serve their country and doing so admirably.  This had a tremendous impact on my life. I could no longer take for granted everything that I had been ...

Well, I think that the point is to prevent confusion and unease.  I've heard of putting out the packaging of a parve product that might be confused with either dairy or meat where it'll be easily seen to reassure people that a meal is ...

The Rabbis were actually quite aware that a solar year is actually slightly more than 365 1/4 days.  They were living in Bavel which had the best astronomers in the world at the time.  They just assumed that the messiah would come before it ...

Sometimes it scares me how religious I have become, but then I remember that I am a hard-core evolutionist just as much as I believe that the earth rotates around the sun.  We weren't created physically in the image of God, rather we are the ...

"FSM is useful for mocking religion in a certain way." Really is it a mockery of religion or a mockery of the way religion is abused so that it will be given a free pass when it comes to the epistemological quest?  Bobby ...

Well, it is Chicago, where it is considered perfectly kosher to be corrupt.But seriously, I think that both the mashgiach and the bread company are at fault.  The mashgiach should be reported to his organization for extorting the bread ...