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Being Jewish

David Gelernter, a computer scientist and observant Jew, wants his co-religionists to get holy
By Vox Tablet | 7:00 AM Nov 30, 2009

Hadeish Yameinu by David Gelernter

David Gelernter, a prominent victim of the Unabomber, is a Yale computer science professor who is also fluent in the history and practice of Judaism. An observant Jew, Gelernter just published Judaism: A Way of Being (Yale University Press). Partly an exploration of the religion’s core themes and partly a defense ...

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My Lamented Sister

From the moment she found God, I became a local celebrity.
By Etgar Keret | 11:14 AM Jan 12, 2006

Nineteen years ago, in a small wedding hall in Bnei Brak, my older sister died, and she now lives in the most Orthodox neighborhood in Jerusalem. I spent a recent weekend at her house. It was my first Shabbat there. I often go to visit her in the middle of the week but that month, ...