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The Enlightenment's Apocalypse: Harvard, Antisemitism, and the Future of Science
SAMUEL LONCAR | Supersessionism thus fights its enemy not with swords, destined to become ploughshares, but with time itself. The very nature of history is against the Jews, because they have not adapted to the new time inaugurated by Christianity...
Jul 27


The Ancient, Rabbinic Remedy for Dealing with Trickle-Truthers
YONAH LAVERY-YISRAELI | Trickle-truthing is a term for when someone responds to an allegation with a partial admission, and slowly increases the amount of truth in his or her response over time...
Jun 1


Waiting for a Future: Jewish Refugees and Lisbon Cafe Culture
JAN BURZLAFF | Kaplan writes about people trying to stay human in inhuman conditions, of the psychic architecture required to withstand endless deferral...
May 18


Existential Chutzpah: Lessons in Liberation from the Passover Seder
TOBY HECHT | We are reminded that our suffering and persecution will end. We sing and our cups run over. We toast life and give gratitude..
Apr 5


We Are All Judges: Why Breaking Unconscious Patterns Creates a More Just World
YONAH LAVERY-YISRAELI | Reacting out of unconscious patterns makes us poor judges, and we are all judges whether we wish to be or not. . .
Oct 25, 2024


The Spirit of '76: A Jewish Perspective on the American Revolution
MICHAEL HOBERMAN | The new nation that early American Jews helped to create wasn’t the fulfillment of a preexisting ideal or a club . . .
Sep 27, 2024


Sports in Jewish Culture
 IRA GLICK & NEIL EISENBERG | The Jewish problem with athletics literally arose in the locker room.
Mar 1, 2024


Philanthropy in Ancient Judaism and Why it Matters Today
SARIT KATTAN GRIBETZ | Studying how ancient sources conceive and legislate wealth, poverty, and charity highlights the extent . . .
Feb 2, 2024


Orthodox Feminism: A Contradiction in Terms?
LEAH ALPERN | Was the work feminist? Was it Orthodox? Was the combination a contradiction in terms?
Dec 6, 2023


How to Read Like a Human
YONAH LAVERY-YISRAELI | It’s not easy to befriend sages who have been dead for centuries, but only human attachment is strong . . .
Nov 24, 2023


Secrets of Time: The Pursuit of Divine Wisdom and The Dead Sea Scrolls
SARIT KATTAN GRIBETZ | The book’s focus on the pursuit of hidden wisdom and the quest to overcome human limitations . . .
Nov 10, 2023


Diaspora, Zionism, and the No-State Solution
DANIEL B. SCHWARTZ | Daniel Boyarin has made a career out of denaturalizing concepts like Judaism and religion.
Sep 29, 2023
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