Structure of this Blog

Here's some quick background and rules for this blog. My name is Michael, and I'm finishing up a Jewish Studies major at Yeshiva University. Recently, me and two of my friends, both in secular universities, were hanging around my house. Now, since high school the three of us have always debated Jewish topics with each other--sometimes politely, most often...well, sometimes politely. Anyway, so we were all home for the summer and we broke into another debate, and we had a fun idea: what if we were to publish these debates online? With the hopes that this would civilize the three of us, we decided to get to work. So now allow me to introduce us:

Me (Michael) Like I said, I'm finishing up my Jewish Studies major at Yeshiva University. My role will be as the moderator of these debates, usually taking a secondary role, showing up in the comment board and occasionally steering or summarizing the discussion.

Dov Dov is enrolled in University of Maryland. He studies Biology and is hoping to go to med school following his undergraduate studies. Not to pigeon-hole anyone, but Dov usually ends up taking more conservative positions in these debates.

Yosef Finally, Yosef is enrolled in Brandeis, studying philosophy. He's a big fan of Hilary Putnam, analytic philosopher extraordinaire, and usually finds himself slightly to the left of Dov.

So, let the debates begin! I believe that Yosef is leading off with a post on Ethics and Halacha. May it be Hashem's will that this blog not die a quick and painless death. Yes, if this blog does die a quick death, we'd prefer for it to be as painful as possible.