JUDAISM AND PHILOSOPHY

The Individual

• Believing in God

Relationships and Family

The Congregation

• Prayers and Religious Services
• Let's Have Second, Third, and Later Bar/Bat Mitzvahs

Societal Issues

• Abortion

Israel

Theology

• The Messiah: What a Strange Idea
• Are Major Religions Worshipping the Same God?
• Chaos and Injustice

The Holocaust

• Introduction

ADDITIONAL TOPICS

• The Other Side of Death: Part 1

MISCELLANEOUS THOUGHTS

• Justice is our responsibility. G-d has pretty much left it in our hands. We cannot and should not expect help with it. The universe is a fairly chaotic place. It does not conform to our notions of who deserves what. The only justice we'll find in it is the justice we impose on it. (2006-07-06)
• Peace is not our main goal either. Peace is a very good thing but not at the expense of justice, for example. Sometimes turmoil and war are necessary for creating and preserving an ideal society. (2006-06-15)
• Tolerance is not necessarily a virtue. It can be overdone and harmful. Choose, based on the Five Books of Moses, what you will or will not tolerate. (2006-06-14)