In Defense of Liberty
Sharing reflections & musings on many topics and humor from a Jewish perspective. Earlier entries are sign posts - markers along the journey as I've changed.
In Defense of Liberty: Category Archive for Judaism

Values of Agnosticism

Posted by Shomer Tiferet at 10 Sep 2009, 2:35 PM | Add Comment

Jewish Ideas Article: Moving to Israel

Posted by Shomer Tiferet at 10 Sep 2009, 2:25 PM | Add Comment

Sweeping our floors for Tisha B'Av

Posted by Shomer Tiferet at 30 Jul 2009, 4:18 AM | Add Comment

JPost: False Messiahs Bring Real Misery

Posted by Shomer Tiferet at 30 Jul 2009, 2:17 AM | Add Comment

Short thoughts about the animals in Israel

Posted by Shomer Tiferet at 19 Jul 2009, 1:42 AM | Add Comment

Holistic Authenticity

Posted by Shomer Tiferet at 19 Jun 2009, 5:09 AM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

A song unto prayer

Posted by Shomer Tiferet at 17 Jun 2009, 4:50 AM | Add Comment

Supplications for my hymn

Posted by Shomer Tiferet at 16 Jun 2009, 3:04 AM | Add Comment

Injustice, Suffering, and Biblical Metaphor Series: Covenant and Partners in Creation

Posted by Shomer Tiferet at 10 Jun 2009, 5:22 AM | Add Comment

Injustice, Suffering, and Biblical Metaphor Series: The King and Leadership Models

Posted by Shomer Tiferet at 10 Jun 2009, 5:01 AM | Add Comment

Injustice, Suffering, and Biblical Metaphor Series: The Fence and Diversity

Posted by Shomer Tiferet at 9 Jun 2009, 1:12 PM | Add Comment

Injustice, Suffering, and Biblical Metaphor Series: Soil, plants, and animals

Posted by Shomer Tiferet at 9 Jun 2009, 12:38 PM | Add Comment

Injustice, Suffering, and Biblical Metaphor Series: Light/Candle

Posted by Shomer Tiferet at 9 Jun 2009, 12:23 PM | Add Comment

Injustice, Suffering, and Biblical Metaphor Series: Introduction

Posted by Shomer Tiferet at 9 Jun 2009, 12:01 PM | Add Comment

Book Review: The Search Committee

Posted by Shomer Tiferet at 9 Jun 2009, 11:08 AM | Add Comment

Tentative thoughts to enhance prayer

Posted by Shomer Tiferet at 14 Apr 2009, 3:37 PM | Add Comment

Leaving seeds of Judaism

Posted by Shomer Tiferet at 12 Apr 2009, 1:43 AM | Add Comment

Roots of the Economic Crisis: Time to Take Personal Stock?

Posted by Shomer Tiferet at 5 Mar 2009, 3:35 PM | Add Comment

Finding Beauty & Relevance in Shabbat and Mitzvoth (Commandments/Torah)

Posted by Shomer Tiferet at 23 Feb 2009, 4:34 PM | Add Comment

Beauty of and Love for Israel: Behind the Headlines

Posted by Shomer Tiferet at 22 Feb 2009, 1:26 PM | Add Comment

From Neediness to Happiness

Posted by Shomer Tiferet at 20 Feb 2009, 2:38 PM | Add Comment

Fundamental Axiom, Finding Purpose, and Self-Actualization

Posted by Shomer Tiferet at 17 Feb 2009, 7:47 PM | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

The Lady of the House

Posted by Shomer Tiferet at 17 Feb 2009, 12:29 PM | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

Light Emerging Through the Cracks

Posted by Shomer Tiferet at 12 Feb 2009, 8:34 PM | Add Comment

Maybe…I’m just not that into me?

Posted by Shomer Tiferet at 11 Feb 2009, 11:42 AM | Add Comment

Beauty Glowing in the Darkness

Posted by Shomer Tiferet at 23 Jan 2009, 11:36 AM | Add Comment

Returning to Ourselves and the Source

Posted by Shomer Tiferet at 23 Jan 2009, 10:52 AM | Add Comment

Symbiotic

Posted by Shomer Tiferet at 23 Jan 2009, 10:42 AM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Connections: Suffering, Longing, Healing, Redemption

Posted by Shomer Tiferet at 6 Jan 2009, 1:15 PM | Add Comment

Dangers of messianic fervor

Posted by Shomer Tiferet at 31 Dec 2008, 11:36 AM | Add Comment

You Don't Have to Be Wrong For Me to Be Right

Posted by Shomer Tiferet at 14 Nov 2008, 3:53 PM | Add Comment

What I've Been Learning

Posted by Shomer Tiferet at 21 Sep 2008, 9:34 AM | Add Comment

Cleaning out the blog?

Posted by Shomer Tiferet at 19 Sep 2008, 1:50 PM | Add Comment

Musings on Epistemology and a short story about the world to come

Posted by Shomer Tiferet at 9 Sep 2008, 1:10 PM | Add Comment

Letter to the King in the Field

Posted by Shomer Tiferet at 8 Sep 2008, 11:44 PM | Add Comment

Us, We, Jews

Posted by Shomer Tiferet at 8 Sep 2008, 11:03 PM | Add Comment

Kelal Yisrael

Posted by Shomer Tiferet at 31 Aug 2008, 10:24 AM | Add Comment

Pluralism, authenticity, and movements in Judaism

Posted by Shomer Tiferet at 19 Jul 2008, 9:57 PM | Add Comment

Living with intent: Purpose vs Goals

Posted by Shomer Tiferet at 19 Jul 2008, 9:04 PM | Add Comment

Perspective: Not to fear

Posted by Shomer Tiferet at 3 Jul 2008, 11:59 AM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

Aliens: Riiiight, try Fear & Control Instead

Posted by Shomer Tiferet at 2 Jul 2008, 10:55 PM | Add Comment

The Political Climate in the USA

Posted by Shomer Tiferet at 29 Jun 2008, 11:40 PM | Add Comment

Time to Rectify and Unify

Posted by Shomer Tiferet at 21 May 2008, 4:15 PM | Add Comment

I've Made Some Mistakes

Posted by Shomer Tiferet at 21 May 2008, 11:15 AM | Add Comment

We Made a Mistake...

Posted by Shomer Tiferet at 10 May 2008, 11:40 PM | Add Comment

It is Time for Action

Posted by Shomer Tiferet at 10 May 2008, 10:43 PM | Add Comment

Jewish Values and Law

Posted by Shomer Tiferet at 29 Apr 2008, 5:04 PM | Add Comment

Invest...but in what?

Posted by Shomer Tiferet at 29 Apr 2008, 1:12 PM | Add Comment

Perspective

Posted by Shomer Tiferet at 28 Apr 2008, 1:09 PM | Add Comment

Simplicity

Posted by Shomer Tiferet at 7 Apr 2008, 7:39 PM | Add Comment

The Quest for Truth

Posted by Shomer Tiferet at 7 Apr 2008, 5:48 PM | Add Comment

The Physical

Posted by Shomer Tiferet at 6 Mar 2008, 12:54 PM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

I Remember

Posted by Shomer Tiferet at 22 Dec 2007, 1:58 PM | Add Comment

Concentric ponderings (4 of 4)

Posted by Shomer Tiferet at 20 Dec 2007, 1:48 PM | Add Comment

"I am Legend"...ary (3 of 4)

Posted by Shomer Tiferet at 20 Dec 2007, 1:48 PM | Add Comment

Ann Coulter crossed the line

Posted by Shomer Tiferet at 11 Oct 2007, 12:01 PM | Add Comment

Full Circle

Posted by Shomer Tiferet at 28 Sep 2007, 10:45 PM | Add Comment

Thoughts from after Yom Kippur

Posted by Shomer Tiferet at 23 Sep 2007, 9:57 AM | Add Comment

Yom Kippur: Thoughts

Posted by Shomer Tiferet at 21 Sep 2007, 10:05 PM | Add Comment

L'Shana Tova!

Posted by Shomer Tiferet at 13 Sep 2007, 10:57 AM | Add Comment

A Journey into Change

Posted by Shomer Tiferet at 16 Aug 2007, 6:21 PM | Add Comment

The 4th part of "A Psalm in Progress"

Posted by Shomer Tiferet at 14 Jul 2007, 1:54 PM | Add Comment

A Psalm In Progress, 3rd Installment

Posted by Shomer Tiferet at 13 Jul 2007, 7:10 AM | Add Comment

A Jewish Perspective on Revelation

Posted by Shomer Tiferet at 24 Jun 2007, 11:56 AM | Add Comment

One Year

Posted by Shomer Tiferet at 3 May 2007, 6:28 AM | Add Comment

Immigration Issues Part 2

Posted by Shomer Tiferet at 2 May 2007, 10:30 PM | Add Comment

Bringing Heaven to Earth

Posted by Shomer Tiferet at 30 Apr 2007, 8:56 PM | Add Comment

TV programs, religion, and science

Posted by Shomer Tiferet at 10 Apr 2007, 7:58 PM | Add Comment

An Distorted Christian view of the Holocaust

Posted by Shomer Tiferet at 9 Apr 2007, 5:54 PM | View Comments (3) | Add Comment

Chag Sameach!

Posted by Shomer Tiferet at 3 Apr 2007, 4:25 PM | Add Comment

I Don't Like Bush Either, BUT...

Posted by Shomer Tiferet at 13 Mar 2007, 9:01 PM | Add Comment

For A Change...

Posted by Shomer Tiferet at 10 Mar 2007, 4:36 PM | Add Comment

Finding Happiness in the Midst of Challenges

Posted by Shomer Tiferet at 30 Jan 2007, 5:07 PM | Add Comment

A New Web Order

Posted by Shomer Tiferet at 2 Jan 2007, 11:37 PM | Add Comment

An Israel-Palestine Parallel with Iraq?

Posted by Shomer Tiferet at 28 Dec 2006, 2:12 AM | Add Comment

New Years - Is it Really?

Posted by Shomer Tiferet at 28 Dec 2006, 12:30 AM | Add Comment

How can we Encourage People for the Good?

Posted by Shomer Tiferet at 27 Dec 2006, 10:09 PM | Add Comment

What do we gain from a historical inquiry of Jeshu from the Talmud and Jesus from the NT?

Posted by Shomer Tiferet at 27 Dec 2006, 8:49 PM | Add Comment

Judaism and Love Part 3

Posted by Shomer Tiferet at 27 Dec 2006, 10:49 AM | Add Comment

Judaism and Love Part 2

Posted by Shomer Tiferet at 21 Dec 2006, 1:31 AM | Add Comment

Prohibition of Returning to Egypt; Nativity Story

Posted by Shomer Tiferet at 21 Dec 2006, 1:30 AM | Add Comment

Life, Work, and Our Purpose - Your Support is Needed

Posted by Shomer Tiferet at 12 Dec 2006, 12:14 AM | Add Comment

The Effects of Stress and Health on Us and Our Relationships

Posted by Shomer Tiferet at 12 Dec 2006, 12:13 AM | Add Comment

Thoughts On Being a Jewish Feminist

Posted by Shomer Tiferet at 7 Dec 2006, 10:55 PM | Add Comment

Setting Boundaries

Posted by Shomer Tiferet at 7 Dec 2006, 9:56 PM | Add Comment

Judaism and Love

Posted by Shomer Tiferet at 4 Dec 2006, 7:36 PM | Add Comment

Simple Thoughts About Torah Turned Complex

Posted by Shomer Tiferet at 15 Nov 2006, 11:13 PM | Add Comment

Using a Karaite Exegetical Model for Feminist Exegesis

Posted by Shomer Tiferet at 7 Nov 2006, 12:03 AM | View Comments (2) | Add Comment

Thoughts From After Watching "Borat"

Posted by Shomer Tiferet at 6 Nov 2006, 11:30 PM | Add Comment

Jewish Identity and Messianics

Posted by Shomer Tiferet at 29 Oct 2006, 7:57 PM | Add Comment

Where is knowledge and Torah?

Posted by Shomer Tiferet at 23 Oct 2006, 10:28 AM | Add Comment

Meditative Dreams

Posted by Shomer Tiferet at 19 Oct 2006, 12:18 AM | View Comments (1) | Add Comment

@Judaism as Poetry

Posted by Shomer Tiferet at 6 Oct 2006, 11:16 PM | Add Comment

The Dead Sea Scrolls, Christianity, and the Talmud

Posted by Shomer Tiferet at 30 Sep 2006, 2:23 PM | Add Comment

Blow the Shofar!

Posted by Shomer Tiferet at 25 Sep 2006, 4:39 PM | Add Comment

Abraham and the Gentiles

Posted by Shomer Tiferet at 25 Sep 2006, 3:58 PM | Add Comment

Torah and Egalitarianism

Posted by Shomer Tiferet at 25 Sep 2006, 12:21 PM | Add Comment

On Beauty and Being Just

Posted by Shomer Tiferet at 20 Sep 2006, 4:49 PM | Add Comment

Religious Ritual Representation and [true] Repentance

Posted by Shomer Tiferet at 19 Sep 2006, 11:59 PM | Add Comment

Questions About Torah to Ponder

Posted by Shomer Tiferet at 11 Sep 2006, 7:46 PM | Add Comment
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