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commentary

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Smash­ing the Tablets: Rad­i­cal Retellings of the Hebrew Bible
Sara Lipp­mann
Seth Rogoff
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Yochanan’s Gam­ble: Judais­m’s Prag­mat­ic Approach to Life
Marc Katz
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Let­ters from Home: The Cre­ation of Dias­po­ra in Jew­ish Antiquity
Mal­ka Z. Simkovich
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Hear­ing is Believ­ing: A Con­ver­sa­tion Between Abi­gail Pogre­bin and Dov Linzer

Abi­gail Pogrebin, Dov Linz­er
September 9, 2024
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Excerpt — The Place of All Pos­si­bil­i­ty: Cul­ti­vat­ing Cre­ativ­i­ty Through Ancient Jew­ish Wisdom

Adi­na Allen
August 5, 2024
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Frac­tured Tablets: For­get­ful­ness and Fal­li­bil­i­ty in Late Ancient Rab­binic Culture
Mira Bal­berg
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On the Couch: Writ­ers Ana­lyze Sig­mund Freud
Andrew Blauner, ed.
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A Guide to The Guide to the Per­plexed: A Reader’s Com­pan­ion to Mai­monides’ Masterwork
Lenn E. Goodman
Essay

Curios­i­ty and Com­mu­ni­ty: My Jour­ney in Torah Study

Leah Hager Cohen
May 20, 2024
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Liv­ing with Our Dead: On Loss and Consolation
Del­phine Horvilleur; Lisa Appig­nane­si, trans.
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The Liv­ing Room, Rearranged
Yael Grun­seit
Essay

Plagues and Hypothe­ses: Apply­ing Sci­ence to the Passover Story

Jere­my Brown
April 22, 2024
Essay

Why I’m Bring­ing Joseph’s Mum­my With Me This Passover

Angela Him­sel
April 15, 2024
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Why Rain Comes from Above: Explo­rations in Reli­gious Imagination
Devo­ra Steinmetz
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The Jews: 5,000 Years and Counting
Rob Kut­ner
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The Last Words of Moses
Micah Goodman; Ilana Kurshan, trans.
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