Don’t Blame Abraham for the Israeli Conquest of Palestine
A Response to Gary Leupp’s “The Myth of Abraham and America’s Allegiance to Israel”[1] By David Ramírez People who have been critical of the modern state of Israel often have […]
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The Status of Women in the Sephardic Jewish Tradition
By: Renee Levine Melammed Written histories of the Jews in Spain have rarely included women. The two major historical works in the field, The Jews of Moslem Spain (2 vols.) by Eliyahu […]
The Role of Spanish & Portuguese Conversas as a Model for the Future of Sephardic Jewry
By Yehonatán Ele‘azar de Mota Many a time within the contemporary Sephardic Jewish community, much is said about women’s issues. The reality is that there is a conflict between traditional […]
Kaifeng and the Diversification of Freund’s Cottage Conversion Industry
By David Ramírez Since the creation of the state of Israel, one of its primary concerns has been to maintain a demographic majority to ensure the so-called Jewish character of […]
VI. The logic of fantasy
By Ernesto Grassi Having these arguments present, now we must ask ourselves what does Vico mean when he asserts that in the beginning men thought via fantastic genres and fantastic […]
The Geonim of Babylonia and the Shaping of Medieval Jewish Culture
By Robert Brody Introduction One of the most misunderstood issues in the traditional Jewish religious world is the transmission of the legal traditions of Israel. Today all centers of […]
Essential Books on Israel and Zionism
Over the course of time, one of the great advantages of Israeli propaganda, called in Hebrew Hasbarah, is that it has been able to control the historical and ideological narrative […]
What Do a Shawarma and a Taco Have in Common?
By David Ramírez The Israeli-Palestinian conflict elicits ardent and diverse passions on both sides of the political divide. The recent declarations by President Obama on Israel and the 1967 borders […]
Israel and the Loss of Objective Jewish Self-Criticism
A Critical Overview on the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict By David Ramirez Nationalist and Patriotist fervor, I feel, is much like—sometimes—a parent’s love happens to be for their children: Blind! No matter […]
(Home)land: Reflections on Andalusi Jewish Attachment to Place
By: Ross Brann “Sefarad is my land, the Land of Israel my destination.” Judah al-Harizi, Tahkemoni (Maqama 49) Letter of Judah Ha-Levi in Toledo to Halfon ben Nathanel al-Dimyati […]
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