Justice
- Complete, Deuteronomy, Israelites, Judges, Justice, Kings, Moses, Parsha, Prophet, Pursue, Shabbat, Shoftim
Running after Justice
Following a week of a parsha filled with laws, and continuing the speech about blessings and curses, Parashat Shoftim gives tangible instructions for a newly solidifying society to appoint judges. The verses begin…
- Academia, Change, Criticism, Exception, Humanities, Justice, Prejudice, Self-Conception, STEM, Stereotypes, Success
Forgetting Stereotypes
Academic prejudice can pose a problem for any student – but what is the root of it? Does it exist purely at the institutional level, or does the self-conception of some students deter…
- Cincinnati, Deuteronomy, Instructions, Israelites, Judges, Justice, Kings, Land, Moving, Parsha, PhD, Shoftim, Torah, Wandering
Wandering Through the Moves
I arrived in Cincinnati late Tuesday night and completed my Ph.D. orientation this week. Last week I missed commenting on Parashat Re’ei, and this week we’re on to Parashat Shoftim! It’s fitting that…