Hebrew Literature and The Fate of American Hebraism
Yeshua G. B. Tolle Until recently, several plastic tubs and cardboard boxes sat gathering dust in the basement of DePauw University’s spiritual life
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Jewish History
Heinrich Heine: A Life of Contradictions
David Biale on George Prochnik Heinrich Heine was the first Jew to become a cultural icon in Germany. While Moses Mendelssohn achieved fame
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Hebrew Philological Practices from Antiquity to the Middle Ages
Geoffrey Khan, Hindy Najman, and Ishay Rosen-Zvi The Forum provides a home for substantial original and creative works of scholarship with the goal
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The Deep Humanity of Jewish Law
Zalman Rothschild on Moshe Halbertal Jewish law considers the topic of doubt worthy of occupying an entire category of law unto itself, and
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Jewish City Values – by Rachel Gordan
“Wait, is he talking about us?” In one of the many highlights/lowlights of this presidential election season, presidential candidate Senator Ted Cruz accused
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Jews and Muslims in France: Rethinking a History of Conflict, Colonialism, and Coexistence – by Rachel Eva Schley
Rachel Schley on Ethan B. Katz’s The Burdens of Brotherhood For well over a decade there has been an active debate about the
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A Response to the Jew and Judean Forum – By Adele Reinhartz
Adele Reinhartz wraps up the Jew and Judean Forum I am grateful for these thoughtful responses to my essay on the ioudaioi, and
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An-sky’s Vast Verbal Museum of Jewish Life in the Pale
Harriet Murav on Nathaniel Deutsch’s The Jewish Dark Continent One hundred years ago Shloyme Zanvil Rapoport, better known by his pen-name An-sky, began
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