Tag Archives: Jewish Philosophy

(Right Size to Survive) Academic Publishing (Jewish Studies & Gary Dunham at Indiana University Press)

Posted on December 19, 2019 by zjb

I learned this year at the Association for Jewish Studies conference from Gary Dunham, director of Indiana University Press something about academic publishing in today’s market climate. Picking up on a question that a colleague and friend asked him and … Continue reading →

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Visual Cues for Jewish Philosophy (Contemporary Art After the Realism of Revelation & Redemption of German Expressionism)

Posted on December 18, 2019 by zjb

After “revelation and redemption” in the modern German Jewish thought of Buber and Rosenzweig came “authority and law.” Both traded upon the idea of overwhelming power, with strong commitments to the idea of “realization,” i.e. “realized presence,” But somewhere, “the  … Continue reading →

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(Hashtag) Heteronomy @ the AJS (Martin Kavka)

Posted on December 2, 2019 by zjb

The slightest correction to a Martin Kavka hashtag: #WeAreTooOldForHeteronomyAtTheAJS#NotEvenAsAPaperTopic  

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(AJS Annual Conference) Picks (2019)

Posted on December 2, 2019 by zjb

Contrary to what what some people say, the AJS is a good place for Jewish philosophy and thought. A page is being turned. At this year’s upcoming annual conference in San Diego, there is not much by way of Buber, … Continue reading →

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Quarrel Between Ancients and Moderns (Strauss and Fellini)

Posted on October 15, 2019 by zjb

If I were writing a book about Leo Strauss, I’d use this movie still from Satyricon as a cover image to get at the quarrel or non-quarrel between the ancient and moderns. But for all intents and purposes, Fellini did … Continue reading →

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(Aversion & Affection) Reading for Gender in Rosenzweig

Posted on September 18, 2019 by zjb

Thank you and kudos to Willi Goetschel and Susan Shapiro for organizing this long awaited special edition of Bamidbar on gender and Rosenzweig. Here is the web address.  Shapiro introduces the edition followed by critical readings by Mara Benjamin, Gesine … Continue reading →

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(No Country for Old Women) Gender & Rosenzweig & Jewish Philosophy (Special Edition Bamidbar)

Posted on September 17, 2019 by zjb

Gender and Jewish Philosophy Edited by Susan Shapiro Bamidbar 4: 2 (2014) (appeared in print, summer 2019)   Susan Shapiro Introduction Mara H. Benjamin Love in the Star? A Feminist Challenge Gesine Palmer „Dying for Love“ – Making Sense of … 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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The Hyphenated-Jew (Conference) (University of Minnesota)

Posted on April 2, 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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