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Philosophy & Ethics

Essay

Mai­monides and the Giv­ing Season 

Richard Michel­son
January 6, 2025
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Chil­dren’s
The Mid­night Mitzvah
Ruth Horowitz; Jenny Meilihove, illus.
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Non­fic­tion
Tra­di­tion and Tran­si­tion: Jew­ish Com­mu­ni­ties and the Hyper-Empow­ered Individual
Andrés Spokoiny
Essay

Jew­ish Com­mu­ni­ties and a Dizzy­ing Freedom

Andrés Spokoiny
August 26, 2024
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Jew­ish Text
The Guide to the Per­plexed: A New Translation
Moses Maimonides; Lenn E. Goodman and Phillip I. Lieberman, trans.
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Non­fic­tion
A Guide to The Guide to the Per­plexed: A Reader’s Com­pan­ion to Mai­monides’ Masterwork
Lenn E. Goodman
Essay

From Man­del­stam to Moth­er Doll

Katya Apekina
April 30, 2024
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To For­ev­er Inhab­it: This Earth An Eth­ic of Enoughness
Nina Beth Cardin
Essay

In the Face of Dev­as­ta­tion, More Love

Shai Held
March 25, 2024
Essay

The Gim­mel in ​“The Great Gimmelmans”

Lee Matthew Goldberg
January 1, 2024
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Non­fic­tion
Mir­a­cles Are What You Make of Them
Corinne Cop­nick
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Non­fic­tion
Notes on Com­plex­i­ty: A Sci­en­tif­ic The­o­ry of Con­nec­tion, Con­scious­ness, and Being
Neil Theise
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Open Judaism: A Guide for Believ­ers, Athe­ists, and Agnostics
Bar­ry L. Schwartz
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Non­fic­tion
Pick­ing Up the Pieces: Lead­er­ship After Empire
Elan Babchuck
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Non­fic­tion
Ques­tion­ing Belief: Torah and Tra­di­tion in an Age of Doubt
Raphael Zarum
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Mon­ey, Moral­i­ty, and a ​‘Mis­trust of Lan­guage’: A Con­ver­sa­tion with Andrew Lipstein

Chloe Cheimets
July 12, 2023
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