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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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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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A Christian-Pagan Philosophy of Life (“What Now? Remind Me”) (Joaquim Pinto) 

Posted on April 13, 2017 by zjb

Joaquim Pinto’s Portuguese language film What Now? Remind Me is too big a film to lend itself to a narrative or scene-by-scene exposition. Along with a conversation with the director, it was screened as a plenary session at “The Place … Continue reading →

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(Spring) (Rain) Windshield

Posted on April 4, 2017 by zjb
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Abstract World (Paul Klee) (Horizon, Zenith, and Atmosphere)

Posted on March 21, 2017 by zjb

This image by Paul Klee, Horizon, Zenith, and Atmosphere (1925) is now on view at Visionaries: Creating a Modern Guggenheim. Klee’s extraterrestrial figures tend to be drawn from more down to earth perspectives that shadow our own. This picture takes … Continue reading →

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Choose Life: Deuteronomy and Environmentalism

Posted on February 16, 2017 by zjb

(Choose Life) Religion scholar and affect theorist Gail Hamner writing on Christian liturgy and ancient Israel, Deuteronomy and environmentalism, alignment, orientation, and sustainability

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Wild Life Art (Meg Webster)

Posted on June 15, 2016 by zjb

“Volume for Lying Flat” “Mother Mound Salt” “Stick Structure” “Solar Grow Room” Ready to keep on my way, I was drawn in by these plant-sculptures by Meg Webster at Paula Cooper the other week. Not quite sure how to get my … Continue reading →

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(The Yosemite Suite) iPad Landscape (David Hockney)

Posted on June 5, 2016 by zjb

Like most of David Hockney’s work, the pictures that make up The Yosemite Suite are good natured. Bright as if back lit, these aren’t paintings. Charming and cheerful, they are prints made from drawings that the artist produced on an … Continue reading →

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(Call for Fellowship Applications) Jewish Culture, Nature, Science, Religion (Katz Center)

Posted on May 13, 2016 by zjb

Nature between Science and Religion: Jewish Culture and the Natural World During the 2017–2018 fellowship year, the Herbert D. Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies at the University of Pennsylvania seeks to ask new questions about the history of science, … Continue reading →

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Endless House (Frederick Kiesler)

Posted on March 17, 2016 by zjb

I saw this the other week at the Endless House: Intersections of Art and Architecture exhibition at MOMA.  Among the many models on exhibit, this one, Kiesler’s eponymous Endless House, stood out as the most simple and direct. There are … Continue reading →

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