Paul Jacobson

Tag: culture

  • "… the difference between living as a Jew outside Israel and as a Jew in Israel"

    I just read an article by Brian Thomas titled “Yom Kippur, Tel Aviv style” which I really enjoyed. He pretty much sums it up with in these two paragraphs: That is the difference between living as a Jew outside Israel and as a Jew in Israel: here we can just BE Jewish and the calendar…

  • Laws are not just relevant after an event

    @pauljacobson laws are relevant after an event, culture dictates before. — Craig Rodney (@Craigrodney) July 25, 2013 Craig Rodney wrote a post I agree with, to a degree, earlier today and which he titled "Cultivating a social culture”. He makes an argument for culture’s primacy as a preventative tool for many risks and I agree…