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Cosmic Humility: Harvard’s Avi Loeb on Extraterrestrials and The Future of Science
AVI LOEB | In the Fall of 2017, atop the dormant volcano Heleakalā, in Maui, Hawaii, Pan-STARRS, a state-of-the-art network of telescopes
Mar 11, 2022
The Gita According to Marcus Aurelius
AMIT MAJMUDAR | Among the Quadi, on the river Gran. Both the Meditations and the Gita offer a statement of place.
Mar 11, 2022
Modernity in Search of Meaning
PAUL MENDES-FLOHR | Franz Rosenzweig is said to have once quipped that...
Mar 11, 2022
A Jewish Theology for Our Time
ORA WISKIND | In Fragile Finitude, Michael Fishbane follows a strong tradition of modern Jewish intellectual theologians who underwent a personal transformation as they sought new spiritual horizons and strove to engage readers...
Mar 11, 2022
Chanted Prayers in Early Hasidism
AUBREY GLAZER | "There's blaze of light in every word, doesn't matter which one you heard"
Feb 25, 2022
Snake Mythology: From Ancient Aztec Sculptures to Instagram Fans
ERICA WRIGHT | At seven months pregnant, I’ve never felt less like Mother Earth. At least not like most of the depictions.
Feb 25, 2022
MRB TV Goes Beyond Weird: Quantum Mechanics With Philip Ball, Part One
PHILIP BALL | The writer Philip Ball is the former editor of Nature, a physicist by training, and the author of over 25 books on science
Feb 15, 2022
The Origin of Jewish American Literary Studies
BENJAMIN SCHREIER | Resentful and tacit hostility persists as an enduring, though not particularly productive, academic affect.
Feb 11, 2022
For the Life of Science: Philip Ball on Quantum Physics and The Writing Life
PHILIP BALL | But for me, it just feels like it’s too good an opportunity to waste not to broaden my horizons with every book I write.
Feb 11, 2022
A Modern Dutch Master: Johan Huizinga’s Portrait of the Middle Ages
DANIEL WOOLF | The publication of a new translation of a book does not always receive the attention it merits
Jan 28, 2022
Spiritual Bridges: Across Time and Space
AQSA IJAZ | Bridges, of all kinds, have traditionally represented our desire to know and connect with what’s on the other side.
Jan 28, 2022
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