Monthly Archives: April 2017

(Cinema of Talmud) Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer (Joseph Cedar)

Posted on April 28, 2017 by zjb

Riffing gently off the title of Pasolini’s essay “Cinema of Poetry,” let’s call Joseph Cedar’s most recent release an exercise in the “cinema of Talmud.” To be sure, Norman has to be viewed with an eye towards the narrative arc. … Continue reading →

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Talmud & Culture & Nature (Note from Conference at Bard College)

Posted on April 27, 2017 by zjb

Representing “philology,” Shai Secunda presided over a truly special day of talks at Bard College devoted to the theme of Talmud and its place in relation to the humanities. Excellent papers and presentations by junior and senior colleagues brought Talmud … Continue reading →

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(Conference) Make Talmud New (Bard College)

Posted on April 25, 2017 by zjb

    “Make it New” New Possibilities for Classical Jewish Texts in Scholarship and Culture Bard College, April 26, 2017 Sponsored by Bard Jewish Studies, Religion, Hebrew, Anthropology, Historical Studies, Literature, Theater and Written Arts Programs, with the generous support of … Continue reading →

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Talmud & Philosophy Grad Conference (Yale)

Posted on April 24, 2017 by zjb

Kudos to the conference organizers and participants including the graphic design genius who put The Thinker inside the gates of the now-iconic frontispiece of the Babylonian Talmud.

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Post Industrial Salt Marsh (Richard W. DeKorte Park)

Posted on April 23, 2017 by zjb

Went on an ex-urban hike through the ecological ruins alongside the northern parts of the New Jersey Turnpike. What remains a sublimely wasted industrial, post-industrial landscape is now complemented by a group of parks and trails forming a wet-green lung. … Continue reading →

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(Memory and Lonely Mood) Maine Landscapes (Marsden Hartley)

Posted on April 21, 2017 by zjb

After long sojourns away from the place of his birth, Marsden Hartley returned to Maine in the last six or seven years of his life. Now on view at the Met Breuer, the exhibition Marsden Hartley’s Maine touches upon internationalism and … Continue reading →

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(Conference) Expanding Jewish Political Thought (Penn)

Posted on April 20, 2017 by zjb

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(Pasolini) Hardscrabble Religious Image (The Gospel According to St. Mathew)

Posted on April 20, 2017 by zjb

I think one could reasonably argue that in modern art, including cinema, including cinema that touches upon “the spiritual in art,” the background frames are more important than the figures operating on the foreground. The ones that grabbed me most … Continue reading →

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(Courses) Syracuse Department of Religion (Fall 2017)

Posted on April 19, 2017 by zjb

 

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Unsentimental Hawk (Riverside Park)

Posted on April 15, 2017 by zjb

On my own with the dog out late sunny Friday afternoon an hour or so before sundown and Shabbat for a walk in Riverside Park. I stopped to watch the Red-Tail. It’s April now, that point in the season when … Continue reading →

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