Monthly Archives: December 2014

Martin Buber Online (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)

Posted on December 30, 2014 by zjb

Co-penned by Michael Zank and yours truly, the revised entry for Martin Buber is now up online at the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Both compressed and comprehensive, what I hope it adds to the picture of Buber in the secondary … Continue reading →

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Conference: Images of Perfection (Jerusalem)

Posted on December 29, 2014 by zjb

Religion, aesthesis, and philosophy. I’m very excited to be part of this interdisciplinary conference, January 5-7 at the Hebrew University. Much of the brains behind it were Shai Secunda’s, whose work on Talmud is spinning out into aesthetic culture. Sessions … Continue reading →

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Invisible Cathedral (St John The Divine North Wall)

Posted on December 28, 2014 by zjb

These pictures are already a couple of weeks old, but I’m posting them now in the interest of documentation. The construction of the new residential towers is well underway alongside the north wall of St. John the Divine on W.113th … Continue reading →

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Slow, Violent & Dreamy (No Country for Old Men)

Posted on December 28, 2014 by zjb

I finally got around to see No Country for Old Men. Looking to find what I already knew I was going to find, here are the impressions that continue to stand out in my mind. [1] The movie is both … Continue reading →

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Theater Space & Jewish Community (Ari Roth at the DCJCC)

Posted on December 26, 2014 by zjb

The unfolding and painful story about Ari Roth at the Washington D.C. JCC (DCJCC) touches upon basic points of interest to (Jewish) political philosophy. What is a community? How are communities formed, negotiated, and re-negotiated in relation to movement between … Continue reading →

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The Awesome Power of the Holy Christmas Night

Posted on December 25, 2014 by zjb

The imminent birth of the Christ baby brings a city of 8 million people to a virtual halt. Merry Christmas to all who celebrate.

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Committe on Academic Freedom & Tenure: The Steven Salaita Report (UIUC)

Posted on December 24, 2014 by zjb

The Committee on Academic Freedom and Tenure at UIUC submitted should be a mixed report about the Steven Salaita controversy. No one is looking good, not the university administration and not Salaita himself. On the one hand, it excoriates the … Continue reading →

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Cybernetic Hanukkah Drone (IDF)

Posted on December 23, 2014 by zjb

I know, I know, it’s appalling,  but I’m going to kind of like the “cybernetic,” defined by Merriam-Webster free online as “the science of communication and control theory that is concerned especially with the comparative study of automatic control systems … Continue reading →

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As Concrete Person I Am in Space (Husserl contra Heidegger)

Posted on December 23, 2014 by zjb

I read through Psychological and Transcendental Phenomenology and the Confrontation with Heidegger (1927-1931). Edited by Thomas Sheehan and Richard E. Palmer, the collection of writings pertain to the relationship between Husserl and Heidegger. They include 4 drafts to Husserl’s entry … Continue reading →

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Wars of the Jews at Theater J

Posted on December 22, 2014 by zjb

Please weigh in Washington D.C. people. What’s going on at Theater J? So far, most of what I have seen about the firing of Ari Roth are his robust defenders defending the right of a Jewish theater company to stage … Continue reading →

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