isaacson enjoys studying Tanakh

I'm not big into getting brachot from holy people, but I would make an exception to get a bracha from one very holy Jew, Agam Berger.

A master class in rewriting a very simple statement "matzah can be a tefach thick" vinnews.com/2026/03/23/mat…

posting without explanation

What are we doing?! Burning my hand is half of the point

@RubinReport Wait, you're supposed to find them?

How different are things in Florida? At 7:50 this morning a delivery from Target was stolen outside our house. I sent the security footage to the local police chief at 10 am. The chief himself found the guy within the hour. That’s Miami. That’s Florida. 🐊🌞💪

Your friendly reminder

@ldkop I would kill Uzzah, but thats just me.

What do you do in this situation?

Palantir CTO @ssankar in 2024: “For $10 billion, @elonmusk put 300 rockets in orbit.” “For $11 billion the state of California has built 1600ft of elevated rail, with no rail.”

What makes me mad about this comment is that my first thought is, "it's not a book, it's a trilogy"

@18Elmo_18 @minhagim אין אדם דרש ג"ש לעצמו

@minhagim @isaacson אולי י"ל דבנות ב"' דורשין גזירת שוה מיום ירושלים

my daughter's bais yaakov friends: you know yom haatzmaut isn't a real holiday. It starts with 'yom' after all. My daughter: you mean like 'yom kippur'... that, my friends, is what is known in the bais yaakov world, as a shtuch

Tell me you're modern orthodox while telling me you're modern orthodox

@ZoharAtkins girsology.com scribalerror.substack.com

@isaacson I am not. Link?

Used our @joinlightning Knowledge Graph of the Jewish library (900 texts, 2M entities, 16M interrelationships) to dive deep on demons in the Babylonian Talmud.

@ZoharAtkins Familiar with r' Joshua Waxman's work in this vein?

Knowledge graphs enable a quantitative approach to study that just wasn't possible a generation ago.

This evening, I was honored to accept the inaugural Eishet Chayil Award by Chabad of Stamford. The phrase “Eishet Chayil,” a woman of valor, carries such deep meaning in Jewish tradition. It celebrates strength, faith, courage, and commitment to family and community. To be recognized with an honor rooted in those core values, by a community that embodies them so powerfully, is deeply meaningful. Here are excerpts from my remarks: “Today, we gather at an incredibly challenging historic time when those values are being tested.   The Jewish community in Israel and worldwide are rightfully still reeling from the heinous carnage of Hamas terrorist attacks on October 7th leading to the bloodiest day for the Jewish people since the Holocaust. We continue to witness a deeply troubling and dangerous rise of antisemitism that skyrocketed after October 7th - in New York, in Michigan, in Texas, and on what were once considered our most elite college campuses.  And most importantly, we are in the midst of the most righteous fight as President Trump launched Operation Epic Fury to defeat the largest state sponsor of terror once and for all, the Iranian ayatollahs who chant Death to Israel and Death to America.   And I know for certain, standing shoulder to shoulder with Israel, and allies across the Middle East, we will win this fight. … Antisemitism is an attack on the Jewish people - but it also an attack on humanity and an attack on Western Civilization.  We must continue to lift up leaders who call out insidious antisemitic hate with moral clarity and without fear.  I thought I would end my remarks by sharing my reflections during this most holy time of year from my Catholic faith. I am what is considered a cradle Catholic - a lifelong sister in faith to my Jewish brothers and sisters. During this holy time of Lent as we await and pray for Easter Sunday, I wanted to share the recent statement by the US Conference of Catholic Bishops:  "If we Catholics, in truly living out the Gospel, are to defend religious freedom with integrity, we must clearly speak out against antisemitism.  As Catholics, we are called to walk in the truth, and so to reject the conspiracies and lies that lead to harassment and even violence against our Jewish brothers and sisters."  Every Easter, I share a message from one of the greatest leaders not only in my Catholic faith, but one of the greatest moral leaders of the 20th century - Pope John Paul II who stood strongly against antisemitism at a time when it was perhaps most existential.  He declared:  "Do not abandon yourselves to despair. We are an Easter people and Hallalujah is our song."  During this holy time of Easter and Passover, we will not abandon ourselves to despair. We celebrate our faiths with joy, hope, faith, and renewal.   And we proudly stand with you, our Jewish brothers and sisters, to celebrate light over darkness and everlasting life.”

This hits deep

@minhagim אמן

@isaacson May it be God's will that the IDF crush its enemies as portrayed by my son, Amen.

My kid's school: we are partners with parents in the child's education journey Also my kids school: do what we say, when and how we say it, or get lost

@FrumTikTok There was a Bina Axon charity event there. That's why it was taken over binausa.org/axon2026/

What takeover? I just see a bunch of Orthodox Jewish couples enjoying a nice evening together. 🤦

ברוך ... שנתן מחכמתו לב"ו

Michael Ende's 'The Neverending Story' has long been my favorite children's book. It was not until this shabbos that I started to see this work as a sophisticaed response to Heidegger’s concept of Nothing. WOW!