Janice Block

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Jul 8, 2015, 4:46 AM

Some things are more important than Orthodox vs. Progressive

I spend a lot of time on the Internet, maybe too much. But one of the things that I have noticed is that, online, so many people are scornful of religion. So many people are convinced that they know...

Jul 1, 2015, 1:56 PM

How “light” is a woman’s intellect?

It's true -- the Torah seem to underestimate female intellect. The Talmud and many of the classic commentators say that women have a "light" intellect, and most Torah observant people accept this as fact. Orthodox women are discouraged or even forbidden...

Jun 30, 2015, 1:54 PM

Slavery proves the Torah is a moral backwater. Right?

How many times have I seen the Torah bashed, in comments all over the internet, in informal debates, etc., on account of the fact that it does not outlaw slavery. Forget about what the Torah says about -- modesty...

Jun 9, 2015, 3:11 PM

Edging out U.S. graduates

In a public debate on higher education, two opposing sides were debating the need for so many young people in the US to obtain university Batchelor's degrees. One debater, an immigrant from India, pointed out that, in places like...

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Janice Block is a pediatrician, a wife, a mother, and a student of complementary/alternative medicine. She made Aliyah with her family in 2002.