The Scholar Who Left: Gershom Scholem and the Illusions of Jewish Germany
Nov 25, 2025
The preeminent scholar of Jewish mysticism took life-saving lessons from his studies and from coming of age in Weimar Germany
Hebrew Creativity in Times of Collapse?
Oct 12, 2025
Is empire collapse a spur to Hebrew creativity? Or does halakhic creativity suggest otherwise?
Bialik: The Rashi of Zionism
Nov 3, 2025
A biography of Hayim Nahman Bialik tries to understand the poet's immense influence
How the West Became Secular
Oct 6, 2025
A micro-review of David Lloyd Dusenbury's The Innocence of Pontius Pilate
Beyond the Regulatory Vision of Law: Three Dimensions of Halakhah
Oct 19, 2025
What if Jewish law (halakhah) isn't law as Westerners typically understand it?
Bad Friends and Worse Disciples: The Tragedy of Walter Benjamin
Jul 23, 2025
Gershom Scholem's memoir of his late friend reveals his tragedy