Israel and the CNN Effect
Images of bloodshed in Gaza should upset anyone with a healthy moral sense. But they don’t help determine whether the actions that brought these scenes about were ethical.
Podcast: Shlomo Brody on Capital Punishment and the Jewish Tradition
Earlier this month, the man who killed eleven Jews in Pittsburgh in 2018 was sentenced to death. A rabbi and ethicist joins us to think about Jewish views of capital punishment.
Podcast: Shlomo Brody on Reclaiming Biblical Social Justice
The rabbi joins us to enumerate the principles of Jewish social justice, and to explain how you can differentiate between your own views and those of the Hebrew Bible.
Does Jewish Law Oblige Doctors to Risk Their Own Health to Heal the Sick?
Those with greater ability to help are called upon to bear greater risk.
How Lenient Should Standards for Conversion to Judaism Be?
There’s an argument for leniency particularly in Israel, where the surrounding society naturally facilitates some form of ritual observance on the part of would-be Jews.
Have I Shared Too Many Secrets of Jewish Law?
My book opened the closed door of halakhic decision-making. Some think that process isn’t for public consumption.
From “We” to “I”
The greater threat to Jewish mores stems not from same-sex marriage but from heterosexual promiscuity.