A round-up of three new and notable articles in Jewish studies.
"Although Sir Isaac Newton . . . spent as much time and intellectual energy on scripture as he did on nature, he kept this work a closely guarded secret."
Was Israeli Supreme Court justice Aharon Barak a robust defender of human rights or a runaway judge who imposed his political preferences on a nation?
"Although Sir Isaac Newton . . . spent as much time and intellectual energy on scripture as he did on nature, he kept this work a closely guarded secret."
Was Israeli Supreme Court justice Aharon Barak a robust defender of human rights or a runaway judge who imposed his political preferences on a nation?
The Arts
Marginalia
On Hebrew University's 100th anniversary, revisit our review of the award-winning movie about it's singular Talmud Department.
Reviews
The Founder of Jewish Studies
In 1818, a 23-year-old university student named Leopold Zunz published a 30-page essay with the modest title “On Rabbinic Literature.” He could scarcely have imagined his impact.
The Arts
A Harem of Translators
The Muses of Bashevis Singer is about Singer’s "insatiable appetite for fame and for women," and his bevy of female translators.
The Last Word
Berger could also hit you with an epigrammatic little dart: “[R]eligion,” he wrote, “is the audacious attempt to conceive of the entire universe as being humanly significant.”
From Says Who by Abraham Socher | Summer 2018
