These and Those

Musings from Students of the Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies in Jerusalem

Archive: January 2012

Rest in Peace, Alexander Zaitzev. Rest in peace Judaism?

Posted on January 26, 2012 by Anton L. Gershteyn

  2 minutes ago one of my most beloved friends, Alexander Zaitzev died. 23 years old. Sasha was one of the most reasonable, kind and open-hearted human beings I met in my life. Sasha was humble, but eager to fight for justice, loving and caring. He did not need any religion or any God to Continue Reading »

Against: Help Israel combat sex traffickin​g and prostituti​on

Posted on January 25, 2012 by Anton L. Gershteyn

Here is the original post by Rose, proclaiming ideas that I strictly oppose. The initiative of “criminalizing the purchase of all sexual services” sounds absolutely wrong and horrific. There is a huge problem of FINANCIAL incapability of more and more people every day. Poor girls and boys have to step over themselves and start selling their Continue Reading »

Where is my Mind(1), What is my Soul?

Posted on October 31, 2011 by Anton L. Gershteyn

PLEASE NOTE: If you are about to read this article, please listen to the two songs linked here: (First Song, Second Song) because a major part of this article is based upon your audio experience. As in many classic Jewish texts, much of the meaning is found in the footnotes (they are actually the most Continue Reading »