Elie Jesner, at The Blogs

Aug 17, 2014, 10:02 AM

‘I did not expect 120 years after the Dreyfuss case and 70 years after the Holocaust, that the cry of ‘Death to the Jews’ would be heard again in the streets of France and Germany’ Lord Jonathan Sacks At...

Jul 1, 2014, 2:48 AM

What Will I Tell My Children?

Like many Jewish families across the world, we lit three extra candles before Shabbat this week and last. It brought the trauma of the boys’ kidnapping into our home, giving them life and personality, they were no longer just...

Oct 15, 2013, 6:51 PM

The Limmud Wars – A Response to the Rabbis

"Pluralism is the 'political correctness' of the theological world." Thus begins the statement of intent, or re-statement, of a group of ultra-orthodox rabbis in the UK who wish to scare people out of going to the annual interdenominational Limmud conference. This...

About Me

Elie Jesner is a Psychotherapist, Educator and Writer based in London. He teaches Talmud, Psychoanalysis and Judaism at LSJS, JW3 and JCoSS. He writes at thinkingdafyomi.com, a website for psychoanalytic and philosophical explorations of the Talmud .