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Shammai Engelmayer
Shammai Engelmayer
Moses on Mount Sinai, painted circa 1895-1900, by Jean-Léon Gérôme. (Wikimedia Commons)
March 30, 2018, 10:14 am
The Exodus: Debunking the debunkers
The difference between history and sacred history is why things happened, not that they did
By Shammai Engelmayer
Illustrative: Danish soldiers guard the synagogue in Copenhagen, Denmark, on September 29, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / SCANPIX DENMARK / Mads Claus Rasmussen)
February 23, 2018, 11:49 am
Should synagogue-goers be armed?
Jewish law requires that we protect ourselves; to do so responsibly means strict and effective weapons-training
By Shammai Engelmayer
December 1, 2017, 3:06 pm
The Torah is no way to excuse abuse
A forthright look at how Jacob treated women and the Jewish law that makes it clear he did wrong
By Shammai Engelmayer
January 27, 2017, 1:51 pm
It’s not politics, it’s Torah
When rabbis talk about government policy from the pulpit, they don't betray their mandate, but uphold it
By Shammai Engelmayer
June 17, 2016, 2:33 pm
Orlando is not the story; gun violence is
How the right to bear arms squares with strict Jewish safety laws about anything that can inherently cause death
By Shammai Engelmayer
April 9, 2016, 9:50 am
Protecting the money of Israel
On the ever-growing cost of Jewish living fueled by halachic rulings in the name of "beautifying the mitzvah"
By Shammai Engelmayer
February 26, 2016, 12:15 pm
Scalia would’ve stewed over cholent
The talmudic sages accepted what the late Supreme Court justice did not: in order to endure, law must adapt
By Shammai Engelmayer
June 9, 2015, 4:42 pm
Jeopardizing the Jewish future
The high price of tuition is a looming threat to Jewish continuity
By Shammai Engelmayer
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