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Jews can do more about global poverty

In my latest article at Lehrhaus, I argue that the halakhot of charity to non-Jews represent a case in which today’s circumstances are radically different from when Jewish law was formulated, such that it requires major review and revision. Moreover, it seems to me that we cannot ethically proceed without also keeping in mind that absolute poverty today exists…

by Francis Nataf May 7, 2025

Finding God’s Benevolent Hand

Like many people of faith, I yearn to see God’s presence in the world. And like most religious Jews, I see the return to Jewish statehood as an expression of that presence. It is relatively easy to see God in our nation’s great victories. More difficult is to find Him in the apparent setbacks of…

by Francis Nataf December 18, 2023

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The 38 Year Black Hole

by Francis Nataf on June 18, 2021June 18, 2021

10 + 2

by Francis Nataf on June 3, 2021June 3, 2021

Sotah and the Metaphor of Monogamy

by Francis Nataf on May 21, 2021May 21, 2021

The Plea of a Forsaken Mitzvah

by Francis Nataf on May 7, 2021May 7, 2021

Self-Awareness, Modernity and Holiness

by Francis Nataf on April 23, 2021April 23, 2021

Why Collective Punishment is OK and Why We Avoid it nonetheless

by Francis Nataf on April 8, 2021April 8, 2021

Temple Sophistication and the Chumrot of Pesach

by Francis Nataf on March 24, 2021March 24, 2021

Women, Beauty and Religion

by Francis Nataf on March 11, 2021March 11, 2021

Esther’s Da’at Torah (and ours)

by Francis Nataf on February 25, 2021March 8, 2021

When the Ties that Bind Need to be Cut

by Francis Nataf on January 28, 2021January 28, 2021

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