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Yitzhak Melamed looks at a bust of Spinoza in a screenshot from the film, 'Spinoza: 6 Reasons for the Excommunication of the Philosopher.' (Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
September 1, 2023, 8:05 am
A film on Spinoza that got its crew banned by an Amsterdam rabbi is making waves
The heretical Jewish philosopher was excommunicated by his community in 1656 for his ideas. A newly released documentary about him had a similar reception – but critics love it
By Rich Tenorio
Scott Hershovitz with his sons Rex and Hank (Courtesy of Scott Hershovitz)
August 22, 2022, 1:32 am
New book encourages adults to nurture the little philosophers in their lives
Writing with a good dose of humor about his own two sons, University of Michigan professor Scott Hershowitz explains why we should always take kids’ questions about life seriously
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Hannah Arendt conducts a seminar at The New School in Manhattan, February 19, 1969. (Neal Boenzi/New York Times Co./Getty Images/ via JTA)
April 25, 2022, 2:25 am
Follow in Hannah Arendt’s footsteps on this New York walking tour
Biographer Samantha Rose Hill shows the personal side of the sometimes-controversial philosopher who fled Hitler’s Germany to become the center of NYC’s intellectual scene
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
(Vaccine refusal image via iStock)
August 25, 2021, 2:51 pm
When stupidity isn’t behind vaccine denial, philosophy may be the cure
OPINION: The crisis of ‘epistemically stubborn’ people who base their decisions on irrational beliefs can be solved through instruction in philosophy – a discipline of reason over passion
By Steven Nadler and Lawrence Shapiro
Philosopher Dr. Micah Goodman (screenshot)
September 22, 2020, 12:57 am
Join ToI Community for best-selling author Micah Goodman on global polarization
Access Wednesday’s Behind the Headlines webinar by becoming a ToI Community member to hear a discussion with the philosopher on the wisdom of uncertainty
By ToI Staff
Pop-philosopher Slavoj Zizek. (Simon Plestenjak/Flickr)
June 20, 2020, 4:25 am
Celeb philosopher: After pandemic, ‘World as we know it will be just nostalgia’
‘New communism’ proponent Slavoj Zizek denies he’s an anti-Semite. Popular thinker says State of Israel has made Jews into yet another ‘race enjoying privileges over the natives’
By Alon Hadar
French-born US writer, scholar, critic and philosopher George Steiner poses during the 'Cite de la Reussite' event at the Sorbonne university, in Paris, October 21, 2006. (Bertrand GUAY/AFP)
February 5, 2020, 8:43 am
Eminent man of letters George Steiner dead at age 90
Jewish author, philosopher was famous for his study of the relationship between language, art, and society; and for his controversial writings on the Holocaust, Hitler
By Hillel Italie
Martin Buber in his Jerusalem study, 1963. (Courtesy of the Martin Buber Literary Estate)
January 13, 2020, 4:04 am
Childhood trauma may have led to Martin Buber’s cerebral trust in higher power
In ‘Martin Buber: A Life of Faith and Dissent,’ Hebrew University prof Paul Mendes-Flohr delves into famed Jewish philosopher’s spirituality and complex relationship with Zionism
By JP O’ Malley
Bernard-Heni Levy in his 1994 film 'Bosna!' (Courtesy Cohen Media Group)
January 10, 2020, 9:26 am
Celebrity philosopher ‘BHL’ talks gritty warzone films and rising anti-Semitism
From the Balkans to IS in Kurdistan, French thinker/filmmaker Bernard-Henri Levy’s films document the harsh reality of combat front lines. Now showing in NYC and LA through Jan. 18
By Jordan Hoffman
Hungarian philosopher Agnes Heller is interviewed by German Deutsche Welle TV company during an anti-goverment demonstration in front of the Hungarian Parliament building in Budapest, Hungary, Sunday, Feb. 1, 2015. (AP/MTI,Zoltan Mathe)
July 21, 2019, 5:58 am
Hungarian dissident philosopher Agnes Heller dies at age 90
Jewish Holocaust survivor became a key member of the ‘Budapest School,’ was targeted by communists and later by Viktor Orban
By AFP
Shayna Goldberg
March 21, 2018, 3:08 pm
Shayna Goldberg
Passover in a postmodern age
We can chalk our beliefs up to artificial constructs that keep us subservient, but our experiences are real and they are freeing
Howard Feldman
September 19, 2017, 4:15 pm
Howard Feldman
Thursdays with Gamps
Make the hard parts of life interesting by treating them as something positive (a little chocolate won’t hurt either)
Doug Greener
July 14, 2017, 7:12 pm
Doug Greener
The little turtle
Existential lessons in the freedom to struggle to survive, from a 4-legged guest who would not overstay his welcome
Steven Nadler, left, and Ben Nadler, the father-son duo who wrote 'Heretics! The Wondrous (and Dangerous) Beginnings of Modern Philosophy.' (Courtesy the Nadlers)
June 15, 2017, 5:34 am
With graphic book ‘Heretics!’ a father-son duo juxtapose sacrilege and critical thought
Written for those whose school days are a blur, this new illustrated history resonates in today’s era of science skepticism
By Cathryn J. Prince
June 10, 2017, 12:51 am
Bernard-Henri Levy: ‘I’ve always found it quite shocking and beautiful to speak to one’s enemy’
On recent trip to Israel, French-Jewish intellectual promoted his new book on Judaism and explained what it’s like to be a modern-day Jonah
By PIERRE-SIMON ASSOULINE
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