Jewish studies
The author of “The Demise of Jewish Studies in America—and the Rise of Jewish Studies in Israel” joins us to discuss his essay and the troubles of his chosen field.
The founding editor of the Jewish Review Books joins us to discuss his educational formation, his intellectual preoccupations, and the essays that make up his new book.
Some of the most interesting and creative work in all of Jewish studies today is happening neither in universities nor as part of a yeshiva curriculum.
The latest drama in the field of Jewish studies has turned into a campaign to reframe the perpetuation of Jewishness as a dystopian project of enforced reproduction.
The author of a biblically themed opera, and perhaps of Havah Nagilah.
A look at the Washington Pentateuch.
Remembering Alexander Altmann.
But ignoring the great rabbinic commentaries on them.
A scholar bold enough to look at the big picture.
A “view of Judaism on its own terms.”
How Anti-Semitism and a Lack of Jewish Self-Confidence Slowed the Birth of Jewish Studies in America
Campus anti-Semitism, then and now.
The Meteorologist-Turned-Professor Who Discovered the Parallels between Talmudic and Zoroastrian Law
Remembering Yaakov Elman.
A biography of the field’s founder raises questions.
Yisrael Friedman Ben-Shalom.