Trees and Their New Year in Rabbinic Judaism
Trees were viewed in both economic and symbolic terms by the Rabbis of Talmudic times.
In mystical terms, the Omer is a period of time leading to the unification of the male and female aspects of the Divine.
The Concealed Face of God
A theological explanation for why God is not mentioned in the Book of Esther.
Seder Nashim's primary concern is the protection of society's "exceptional" members.
Seder Toharot: The Mishnaic Tractate on Ritual Purities
The Mishnah's laws regarding purity and impurity may seem obscure in modernity, but the concepts give us a glimpse into a world where manifestations of death within life are not sanitized away.
Methods of Midrash
How Midrash gleans deep meaning from the Torah's text.
A Recipe for Telling the Passover Story
Creating a meaningful Passover seder requires as much preparation outside of the kitchen as inside of it.
Artneuland: Israeli Art Without Borders
An interview with two founders of the Israeli artists' collective Artneuland.
A Jewish Artists Service Corps: Creating and Sustaining Community
Creating a Jewish Artists Service Corps would transform Jewish communities around the world. Winner of the New Voices.
Jewish Expression and the Arts
A brief description of the Makor Artists-in-Residence program, 2002-05.
South of the Border: Talking Peoplehood with Yossi Abramowitz
An interview with entrepreneur, journalist, and teacher Yossi Abramowitz.
Consumers and Producers: Rethinking the Jewish Cultural Renaissance
Reflections on building upon the energy and knowledge of contemporary Jewish innovation.
A call for fusing dreams and planning and veteran and new leadership in the Jewish world.
On Bob Dylan
In Memoriam: Welcome to Bob Dylan' Modern Times
Exploring Bob Dylan's use of ancient memory and epic-telling technique. Presented at the
Religious Life Outside of the Law
Bob Dylan's conceptions of religion and law (Hebrew).
He’s Not There (2007): Talkin’ Bob Dylan Symposium Blues
Reporting from the altars of an international symposium on Bob Dylan.
A review of Todd Haynes' film I'm Not There.
Jesus, Bob: To Live Outside the Law You Must Be Honest
On Bob Dylan's "Jesus Years"
Bob Dylan: Prophet, Mystic, Poet
On Seth Rogovoy's Book
Live By No Man's Code: The Religious Forms of Philip Roth's "Everyman"
Understanding Philip Roth’s religious vision. Winner of the Rockower Jewish Press Award for Jewish Arts and Culture, 2005.
Temporary Like Zuckerman: Philip Roth’s Exit Ghost
A review of Philip Roth's novel Exit Ghost.
A Review of Philip Roth’s novel Indignation.
What in the World Are We Longing For?
Leonard Cohen as a Jewish visionary.
Empowering Jews to be both consumers and producers of meaningful culture.
Doctorow Takes on the Creationists
A review essay of Doctorow's essays on the cultural map created by great American writers.
The One That Got Away
A review of Peter Schafer’s Jesus in the Talmud.
We Need the Eggs
A review of Paul Buhle’s Jews and American Popular Culture.
Back to the Future A Review of Zachary Braiterman's The Shape of Revelation: Aesthetics and Modern Jewish Thought
Rock Stars as American Prophets
Greil Marcus says it's musicians, authors, and filmmakers who are perpetuating the idea of Americans as “chosen people.”
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