Monthly Archives: November 2015

Jewish Law at Harvard

Posted on November 3, 2015 by zjb

Why law? Why now? Has law become the new fetish object of Jewish intellectual culture? Harvard just set up a brand new center for Jewish and Israeli law at Harvard, no doubt with a pretty penny. But is the following statement even … Continue reading →

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Liquor (Syracuse)

Posted on November 3, 2015 by zjb

(Along Eerie Blvd)

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The Abbasids – History, Landscapes & Pictures

Posted on November 3, 2015 by zjb

Trying to do due diligence on Arabic and Islamic history, I picked up Hugh Kennedy’s When Baghdad Ruled the Muslim World: The Rise and Fall of Islam’s Greatest Dynasty at a friend’s recommendation. It’s good meat and potatoes orientalism. The … Continue reading →

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Accelerationism Without Accelerationism

Posted on November 3, 2015 by zjb

Reblogged on WordPress.com Source: Accelerationism Without Accelerationism

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Up The Side of Delaware Gap (Rough & Soft in Autumn)

Posted on November 2, 2015 by zjb

The leaves were just past peak, but the red trail leading up the side of Delaware Gap was magnificent this past weekend. Looking over the photos, what strikes me is not so much the play of color as much as the … Continue reading →

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Great Colonial Fruit Bat

Posted on November 1, 2015 by zjb

The Great Indian Fruit Bat, at the Metropolitan Museum of Art actually points you down a set of stairs in the museum. Attributed to Bhawani Das, as described formally by the Met curators, its geography is Calcutta, India, it’s culture … Continue reading →

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