Read the essay entitled "The Complexity of the World, the Simplicity of God: A Spinozist Perspective," which Daniel wrote and delivered at the November 2018 meeting of the Washington Spinoza Society.

Learn more about a series of panel discussions entitled:  “The Name of God:  Should it be Exclaimed, Reclaimed or Buried?   An Imam, Traditional Christian, Progressive Jew, and Outspoken Atheist Talk about God.”  

Read Daniel's prayer written for and delivered at the July 19, 2014 Iftar at the Embassy of Pakistan in Washington, DC

Read Daniel's latest presentations at the Washington Spinoza Society, a November 2016 essay entitled "Spinoza and Contemporary Judaism," and  a December 2015 essay entitled "Spinoza on Love and Hate."

Read Daniel's 2019 Purim essay, which examined the essence of dignity and why this concept is essential to authentic religion and yet so incredibly misunderstood by the society at large. 

Read the essay entitled "'The Problem of Evil' in Light of the Hague, Lisbon,  Auschwitz, Manhattan and Capitol Hill," which Daniel wrote and delivered at a February 2018 meeting of the Washington Spinoza Society.
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The author with his Bichon Frise puppy, Benny.