Jewish and Islamic Lateral Thinking
Yossi Ginsberg relates the following story: Back in the days that travel was by caravan, people would gather near the city gates to form groups so as to travel together for safety and companionship....
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About three and a half years ago, we discussed the Riddle Of the Loaves, an ancient puzzle about the equitable distribution of five coins paid by a traveler to two others who shared their bread with...
View ArticleTales of צדיקים (and Sundry Other Individuals)
R. Aryeh Kaplan’s version of a classic hasidic tale: A man once dreamed that there was a great treasure under a bridge in Vienna. He traveled to Vienna and stood near the bridge, trying to figure out...
View ArticleJudaism on Jihad
From a recent Salon.com profile of the very brave, or very foolish, Faizan Peerzada, a Pakistani Muslim theater promoter whose operations have been the target of multiple bombings: Faizan Peerzada...
View ArticleThe Virtue Of Those Common Flowers
[A pendant to this post.] Dracula “That night we were just in time. One more so small child was missing, and we find it, thank God, unharmed amongst the graves. Yesterday I came here before sundown,...
View ArticleTales of צדיקים (and Sundry Other Individuals)
R. Aryeh Kaplan’s version of a classic hasidic tale: A man once dreamed that there was a great treasure under a bridge in Vienna. He traveled to Vienna and stood near the bridge, trying to figure out...
View ArticleJudaism on Jihad
From a recent Salon.com profile of the very brave, or very foolish, Faizan Peerzada, a Pakistani Muslim theater promoter whose operations have been the target of multiple bombings: Faizan Peerzada...
View ArticleThe Virtue Of Those Common Flowers
[A pendant to this post.] Dracula “That night we were just in time. One more so small child was missing, and we find it, thank God, unharmed amongst the graves. Yesterday I came here before sundown,...
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