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Elissa Strauss and Scott Perlo

By Elissa Strauss and Scott Perlo

Opinion
Grappling With God’s Wrathful Side

Godology is a monthly conversation between *Forward columnist Elissa Strauss and Rabbi Scott Perlo in which they explore what it means to be “Godish” — to kind of, sort of, believe in God. SCOTT: Elissa, I think that most people take it as an article of faith that the angry “Old Testament God,” as some…

By Elissa Strauss and Scott Perlo Mar 3, 2015 | 4 min read
Opinion
Why Should Women Pray to a Male God?

Godology is a monthly conversation between Forward columnist Elissa Strauss and Rabbi Scott Perlo in which they explore what it means to be “Godish” — to kind of, sort of, believe in God. ELISSA: There is some inherent dissonance to being a God-believing woman. I am a God-believing woman. Even if one doesn’t believe that…

By Elissa Strauss and Scott Perlo Nov 16, 2014 | 5 min read
Opinion
Why Do We Feel Dread On Yom Kippur?

I Godology is a monthly conversation between writer Elissa Strauss and Rabbi Scott Perlo in which they explore what it means to be “God-ish” — to kind of, sort of, believe in God. SCOTT: It always strikes me as a strange paradox that the theology of the holidays is expressed through the image of God…

By Elissa Strauss and Scott Perlo Oct 2, 2014 | 5 min read
Opinion
Godology: In the Beginning

I recently wrote a column in which I examined my belief in God — or Godishness, as I called it. I spoke about how I have no rational or scientific reason to believe in God, how I have tried my darndest to talk myself out of it, but no matter how far I travel down…

By Elissa Strauss and Scott Perlo Aug 17, 2014 | 6 min read

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