Jewish Motherhood/Unmotherhood

Jewish Teenagers’ Syncretism

Jewish Beliefs about God

During the several thousand years of Jewish history, much has been written about the nature of the Jewish concept of God. This brief section is a summary of some of the major themes. There are different definitions of the concept of "God." We do not all mean the same thing when we use the word God, even with a capital "G." While there are some similarities in the Jewish and Christian beliefs ab...

Hitler’s Jewish Physicians

The mystery behind the behavior of infamous personalities leaves many open questions, particularly when related to the practice of medicine. This paper takes a brief look at two Jewish physicians who played memorable roles in the life of Adolf Hitler.

Reengineering the Jewish Nucleus

Two fundamental misfortunes befell the Jewish people as a direct result of the destruction of the Second Temple and the subsequent exile: the codification and writing of the oral law into the form of the Mishna, and the establishment of the synagogue as the nuclear core of a Jewish community. The former resulted in the fossilization of a vibrant oral tradition meant to live and breathe with the...

AIDS: a Jewish perspective.

Societal responses to the very serious problems posed by the scourge of AIDS (acquired immune deficiency syndrome) reflect, at least in part, the epidemiological association that exists between the rampant spread of that deadly disease and homosexual activity. The fact that AIDS has disproportionately affected members of the homosexual community has certainly had an impact upon how the problems...