Monthly Archives: September 2020

(Things) Mishnah Shabbat is Beautiful

Posted on September 15, 2020 by zjb

    cedar bast [lekhesh], uncombed flax [ḥosen], raw silk [kalakh], willow bast [petilat ha’idan], desert weed [petilat hamidbar], nor green mosspitch [zefet], wax [sha’ava], castor oil [shemen kik], burnt oil [shemen sereifa], fat from a sheep’s tail [alya], tallow … Continue reading →

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(Ugly Mugs) Aesthetic Philosophy Fab 4

Posted on September 14, 2020 by zjb
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(Coronavirus) Shofarot on Broadway (Sunday at 4:00)

Posted on September 14, 2020 by zjb

from Sarah Kayla Jacobs here. אֲשֶׁר קִדְּשָֽׁנוּ בְּמִצְוֹתָיו וְצִוָּֽנוּ לִשְׁמֹֽעַ קוֹל שׁוֹפָר on September 14, 2020 Covid-19 has upended the world. Most things that until March we took for granted are worse. I don’t have to go into a litany of … Continue reading →

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770 Selichot (Habad)

Posted on September 13, 2020 by zjb

What we are learning about conservative religion and haredi Judaism, paideiac communities and the larger public good, about religious “law” and “ethics” during this time of pandemic is nothing good.

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Rational Religion and Aesthetic Philosophy (Maimonides)

Posted on September 10, 2020 by zjb

Was it a gentle, gnostic melancholy? A critical theorist and colleague friend who I am positive is “definitely not religious” makes an offhand comment in the early months of the pandemic about “the cruelty of nature.” The anthropomorphism caught my … Continue reading →

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Platonic Cave (Sloan Gorge Preserve)

Posted on September 4, 2020 by zjb
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Black-Jewish Prisms (Jews for Black Lives Matter Movement)

Posted on September 1, 2020 by zjb

  Itself atypical for reasons I will note below, the recent statement of support from across the mainstream liberal and progressive spectrum of the Jewish community for the Black Lives Matter movement raises critical questions about what Jewish things Jews … Continue reading →

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