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The Zionist Idea (Then & Now)

Posted on April 8, 2019 by zjb

One lovely, the other quite unlovely, compare the cover art of the two editions of Arthur Hertzberg’s classical anthology of ideological writing contained in The Zionist Idea. Once upon a time, one could say, Zionism understood itself as amalgamating culture and … Continue reading →

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(Conference) Society for Jewish Ethics (CFP)

Posted on April 5, 2019 by zjb

The next meeting of the Society of Jewish Ethics will be held on January 9-12, 2020, at the Renaissance Washington Downtown in Washington, DC, in conjunction with the Society of Christian Ethics and the Society for the Study of Muslim … Continue reading →

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(Poland) Kahal & Kabbalah (Ashkenaz)

Posted on April 3, 2019 by zjb

Salo Baron makes a brief appearance in Gershon Hundert’s excellent historical study, Jews in Poland-Lithuania in the Eighteenth Century: A Genealogy of Modernity. Following Baron’s lead, Hundert’s thesis runs against the lachrymose versions of Jewish historiography as regards “the ghetto.” … Continue reading →

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The Hyphenated-Jew (Conference) (University of Minnesota)

Posted on April 2, 2019 by zjb
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(Leviticus 11) Kashrus (Hertz Pentateuch)

Posted on March 31, 2019 by zjb

The discussion about the dietary laws in the Hertz Pentateuch commentary has a few interesting things about it. There is the sociological assertion that kashrut has proved historically to be “an important factor in the preservation of the Jewish race.” … Continue reading →

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(Rudolph Lecture) The Navel of the Dream: Freud’s Jewish Languages (Naomi Seidman) (Syracuse)

Posted on March 31, 2019 by zjb
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Pragmatism & Jewish Thought Workshop (Yale)

Posted on March 31, 2019 by zjb

Pragmatism and Jewish Thought Workshop at Yale University April 7-8, 2019 Organized by Nadav Berman S. and Paul Franks Sponsored by the Judaic Studies Program, Yale University Sunday, April 7 10:30 Gathering, light refreshments 11:00 | Introduction – Paul Franks … Continue reading →

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Shia Islam & Judaism (Conference)

Posted on March 28, 2019 by zjb

  Muslim-Jewish Encounters: Shia Islam and Judaism Inaugural Conference of the Muslim-Jewish Relations Initiative Florida International University / University of Bamberg Organized by Ezra Tzfadya, M.A. (Bamberg) and Dr. Iqbal Akhtar (FIU) Day 1: April 10th 4:00-6:30: Panel 1: Conceiving … Continue reading →

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(Uneven Interdependent) Lay & Rabbinic Authority (Jacob Katz)

Posted on March 27, 2019 by zjb

An important point of history for Jewish philosophers interested in law, Halakha, and rabbinic authority, who pine for times when Jewish culture was corporate in character, and also for scholars of religion who have bought into the post-secular mantra that … Continue reading →

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(Hasidism) A Political Community? A Religious Community?

Posted on March 26, 2019 by zjb

Thinking about the importance of politics and the figure of community in Spinoza and Mendelssohn, and thinking out loud about Hasidism. Asking you the reader if you think the various groups of hasidim forming around the baalei-shem in the 18th … Continue reading →

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