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- Persian Fallow Deer (Biblical)
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- Naive & Sentimental (November 3, 2020)
- (CFP) Jewish Thought in Times of Crisis (Special Issue of Religions)
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- Something About a Gnat (According to the Talmud)
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- (Haredi) Religion & State in Israel (Coronavirus)
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- (ימים נוראים) Questions About Haredi Judaism In the Age of Coronavirus (חילול השם)
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- The God Is In The Details
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- Shana Tova & Desolation of Time (2020)
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Monthly Archives: October 2017
Article about Upcoming Modern Judaism Job in the Department of Religion at Syracuse University
The discussions with representatives from the Phyllis Backer Foundation about funding a new position in modern Jewish Studies were substantive and to the point about the future of Jewish Studies as a broad area of study and the specific academic … Continue reading
Religion, Things, Idea, Sensation (Reading Max Müller)
In putting together the syllabus for my graduate seminar, I decided to add the almost but never quite long forgotten Max Müller to his rightful place in the canon of classical theories and methods in the study of Religion. I … Continue reading
On Zionists & Jews, Communal & Associative Relationships (Max Weber)
Working through the “Basic Sociological Terms” in Max Weber’s masterpiece, Economy and Society is this little point of interest regarding the difference between Communal and Associative Relationships with a special reference to Zionists and Jews. As defined by Weber, the ideal … Continue reading
Tenure Track Job in Modern & Contemporary Jewish Thought (Towson University)
Assistant Professor of Jewish Thought Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies College of Liberal Arts Position: The College of Liberal Arts invites applications for a tenure-track, 10-month Assistant Professor position in Modern and Contemporary Jewish Thought, beginning August 2018. Qualifications: … Continue reading
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Urban Rainbow (Noah)
(Shots from the summer for this week’s parsha)
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Noah Feldman on Neo-Nazis, Academic Freedom, and Free Speech
Neo Nazis on campus? The lines get kind of blurry the more clearly they get drawn. In an interesting article Noah Feldman parses out the difference between academic freedom and free speech with an eye on the First Amendment (which … Continue reading
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Jewish Studies at Syracuse & the Central New York Humanities Corridor
No doubt a dubious career proposition given the current state of the job market, but it is that time of year to pitch graduate studies to prospective students. In the interest of pitching Jewish Studies at Syracuse University, the Religion … Continue reading
Charlottesville Teach-In (Syracuse University)
From the Jewish right there has been a lot of noise, and from some liberals genuine concern of late. Are American Jews being pushed out of movements for social and racial justice? Relying on anecdotal evidence culled from news reports … Continue reading
Genesis (Earth Grassing Grasses, Seed Seeding Plants, Fruit Making Fruit Trees)
I spent some time staring at the Hebrew in synagogue this week, particularly vivid, but lost in translation. Earth being the active subject of Genesis 1:11-12 requires peculiar linguistic convolutions. 11…T’dashe ha’aretz deshe esev mazriah zerah etz pri osheh … Continue reading
Blobby Shadow Cast By Brownstones Onto the Sidewalk
Being good Platonists, our eye usually goes from inside the cool space of a shadow out towards bright sunlit areas. But viewing it from just along its lit up edge shows, at least in the picture, the shadow cast off … Continue reading
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