Writing the Black Death: Jewish Responses to Italy’s Plague Years
Joshua Teplitsky on Susan Einbinder’s Writing Plague As the COVID-19 pandemic seems both behind us and still present as a threat and a
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Judaism
The Apocalyptic Secret of Judaism and Olga Tokarczuk’s “The Books of Jacob”
Elliot R. Wolfson The acclaim for Olga Nawoja Tokarczuk’s The Books of Jacob is demonstrated in its receiving the Nike Award, Poland’s top
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The Cherubim: From Guardians of Eden to Auschwitz
James A. Diamond Anxiety of Cherubim I have been thinking for quite some time now about the significance of angels in the Jewish
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Mysticism and Kabbalah: A Controversy
Pinchas Giller on Boaz Huss and Clemence Boulouque Since the days of ancient Egypt, religion was a business pursued by families and supporting
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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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A Forum on Elad Lapidot’s Jews Out of the Question
Jews Out of the Question: A Critique of Anti-Anti-Semitism A Forum Contributors Philosophy, Justice, and Judaism, Gil Anidjar Columbia University Anti-Anti-Semitism: A Return
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The Future of Hasidic Williamsburg
Jonathan Boyarin on Nathaniel Deutsch, Michael Casper, Nomi Stolzenberg, and David Myers I f you’ve recently driven along Route 17 in Orange County,
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Alexander Hamilton and American Paranoia
Andrew Porwancher on Alexander Hamilton and American Jewish Culture Marjorie Taylor Greene—a Congresswoman representing Georgia’s 14th District—made headlines earlier this year after a
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Apostate Women: The Sacrifice Doubt Demands
Katie Christine Gaddini on Ayala Fader My body betrayed me. It committed treason, until my mind stumbled after it and grabbed hold of
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Cultural Contradictions of the Nation State
Yehudah Mirsky on Alexander Kaye Alexander Kaye’s book stands at the confluence of three different scholarly traditions – the history of political thought
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