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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 586

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Illustrative: 'Jewish Wedding' by Marco Marcuola of Venice, painted around 1780. (Wikimedia commons/ CC SA 4.0/ Moise Nedjar)
May 26, 2023, 9:44 am
Massive history book charts how the Jewish Diaspora reached all corners of the globe
In the 1,200-page fifth installment of the Posen Library series, Prof. Yosef Kaplan gives a thorough and colorful look at Jews’ cultural and geographical expansion from 1500-1750
By Rich Tenorio
Engraved illustration of the 'chariot vision' of the biblical Book of Ezekiel, Chapter 1, made by Matthaeus Merian (1593-1650), for his 'Icones Biblicae.' (Public domain)
November 21, 2021, 5:37 am
Angels in antiquity: Judaism’s long relationship with heaven’s haloed helpers
While many Jews relegate the supernatural beings to the Christian realm, Prof. Mika Ahuvia reveals a deep cultural and religious connection in a new book
By Rich Tenorio
Rabbi Art Green. (Hebrew College/ via JTA)
November 22, 2020, 6:10 am
Rabbi Art Green says the Hasidism that lasts finds sparks of holiness everywhere
At 79, the scholar focuses on his legacy, loving one’s neighbor, and his forthcoming translation of 18th-century ‘Light of the Eyes,’ to cap a busy decade of making meaning
By Ben Harris
Robert Alter seen in his home office. (David A.M. Wilensky/via JTA)
November 30, 2018, 6:25 am
Scholar’s coveted Bible translation, 22 years in the making, set to hit shelves
Prizing the original literary style above all else, Robert Alter becomes the first scholar to single-handedly produce a comprehensive English language text
By Rich Tenorio
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
Walter Benjamin at the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris, 1937. (© Gisèle Freund - RMN, image provided by IMEC, Fonds MCC, Dist. RMN-Grand Palais / Art Resource, New York)
March 25, 2017, 2:09 pm
Take a stroll through philosopher Walter Benjamin’s brain at new NY exhibit
His tragic death in the Holocaust cut short the Jewish thinker’s 1,000 page opus. Through August 6, the Jewish Museum in New York’s immersive exhibit ‘Arcades’ brings it to life
By Cathryn J. Prince
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