Blogspot - curiousjew.blogspot.com - The Curious Jew
General Information:
Latest News:
God Dwells Within Us: The Human Beis HaMikdash 16 Jul 2013 | 06:19 pm
I was reading the Tisha B'av-To-Go put out by Yeshiva University, specifically the article by Rabbi Yehuda Willig, when I came across this fascinating Alshich (in Chapter 31 of Shemot) being cited: ו...
Fairy Tales & Tanakh: Famine in Lamentations and The Arabian Nights 16 Jul 2013 | 06:17 am
As I listened to Eicha being read tonight, the following pasuk in Chapter 4 struck me: ה הָאֹכְלִים, לְמַעֲדַנִּים, נָשַׁמּוּ, בַּחוּצוֹת; הָאֱמֻנִים עֲלֵי תוֹלָע, חִבְּקוּ אַשְׁפַּתּוֹת. {ס} 5 Th...
Euthanasia 25 Jun 2013 | 12:01 am
I think it would be interesting to compare two scenes from two movies when teaching about Euthanasia. Scene 1 is from "Million Dollar Baby." I keep looking for the clip for Scene 2 on YouTube, but I...
David & Moses: The Making of a Leader 29 May 2013 | 08:02 am
David Moses David is the youngest child in his family (except according to some interpretations which suggest that he has one younger brother called Eliyahu). Moshe is the youngest child in his fam...
David Plays Achish 23 May 2013 | 07:12 pm
I realized that David playing Achish in Chapter 27 of Shmuel is the same as both Severus Snape being good and (spoilers if you are reading A Song of Ice and Fire) Jon Snow in GoT. WIN!
The Problematic Tzeruya 22 May 2013 | 09:06 pm
I'm teaching Shmuel this year, and we are now holding in Chapter 26, where we encounter this pasuk: ו וַיַּעַן דָּוִד וַיֹּאמֶר אֶל-אֲחִימֶלֶךְ הַחִתִּי, וְאֶל-אֲבִישַׁי בֶּן-צְרוּיָה אֲחִי יוֹאָב ל...
Fairy Tales in Tanakh: Saul & David in the Cave 22 May 2013 | 12:08 am
There are many times that fairy tales mimic or are based on pieces of the Tanakh. Whether or not they are intended to be that way is up for discussion, but I enjoy noticing it when it occurs. I realiz...
Displaced Rage: Naval Instead of Saul 20 May 2013 | 03:42 pm
Any crime show afficianado knows that often the unsub (unknown subject) often kills substitutes because they cannot or will not attack the actual object of their rage. (For example, they might kill bl...
Michal & Palti: Sansa & Tyrion 20 May 2013 | 05:54 am
Those of you who read A Song of Ice and Fire, now more popularly known as the books that spawned the 'Game of Thrones' TV show, may have noticed by now that the book is positively biblical, which is p...
The Great Gatsby: A Film Review 13 May 2013 | 04:24 am
This review is chock full of spoilers. I just came back from "The Great Gatsby" as directed by Baz Luhrmann. I have not enjoyed a book-to-movie adaptation this much since "Atonement," which came out ...
