The Tabernacle of God
By: George S. Belasco We begin this week’s newsletter with an astounding sermon from the late minister of the Montefiore Endowment Synagogue in Ramsgate, England, George Belasco. I first learned […]
Category Archives: Humanitas
Entendiendo el Midrásh
Por David Shasha Mientras que la halakháh, el derecho civil y ritual del judaísmo, es una disciplina rígida de la vida judía, el midrásh aggádico es una fuente de creatividad. […]
Understanding Midrash
By David Shasha While the Halakhah, Jewish civil and ritual law, is the stern discipline of Jewish life, the Aggadic Midrash is its fountain of creativity. The word Midrash comes […]
Derasháh: El arte de la interpretación en la tradición judía
Por David Ramírez Cada cultura, cada civilización ha desarrollado maneras para dar razón a su existencia. Usualmente, las razones parten de narrativas de génesis perdidos en la historia o desarrollados […]
Derasháh: The Art of Interpretation in Jewish Tradition
By David Ramírez Every culture, every civilization has developed a way to give a reason for its existence. Often, the reasons depart from foundational narratives lost in history or developed […]
La Ley Inmutable
La herencia y esperanza de Shearith Israel Por el Rev. David de Sola Pool, Ph.D. Sermón predicado en la sinagoga Hispano-Portuguesa Shearith Israel, Central Park West y Seventieth Street, New […]
The Unchanging Law
Shearith Israel’s Heritage and Hope By the Rev. David de Sola Pool, Ph. D. Sermon preached in the Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue Shearith Israel, Central Park West and Seventieth Street, […]
On Undocumented Mexican Workers, Donald Trump and Ann Coulter
By David Ramírez Illegal immigration has been a constant in North American history since the 16th century, starting with the European migrants from England, Germany and the Netherlands; the most […]
Dr. Marilyn Gaye Piety on Who is Superior
By David Ramírez If I was going to pick the single issue that has brought more misery to humanity in our known recorded history, the issue of people feeling superior […]
Spectator Sports, the Pathologies of Competition and Hero Worship
By David Ramírez I do no watch sport events on television, much less attend one—unless it was for a social gesture, which is rare I would accept. Overall, sport events […]
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