I asked high school students if they would cheat on an exam or plagiarize an essay? What if the class is graded according to a bell curve, such that your […]
Month: February 2020
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Podcast Episode 7: Turn Off The Tape
Elliott begins the podcast by telling a story about a few years ago he was invited to moderate a panel comprised of a number of Orthodox singles, who talked about […]
The Torah vs. Me
Today, the relevance of religious authority has been severely challenged by the driving impulse of the modern world, which is the search for personal authenticity. The very notion that anyone […]
Podcast Episode 6: Tu B’Shvat
Tu B’Shvat is a Jewish holiday that celebrates the renewal of trees in a yearly cycle. Elliott notes, the timing of the holiday on the Jewish calendar is weird, falling out in the middle of winter. If we really wanted to get into the spirit of the day, we’d send...