Are You Ready for Trumpageddon?
By David Ramírez I began writing an article with this title back at the beginning of the year while the Republican nominee was not yet picked. I did not finish […]
Elie Wiesel and Primo Levi: A Study in Contrasts
By David Shasha The late Elie Wiesel was an immensely complicated figure who helped raise public awareness of the Holocaust, but who also became consumed by his own celebrity and […]
Convivencia Under Siege: Live Action Self-Hating Sephardim
By: David Ramírez Please note: All the Facebook quotes are reprinted without change. The typos have been retained. The personal names of the participants have been removed. And just to […]
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 […]
The Lost Tribes’ Musical Chairs
By David Ramírez Whenever I see a new post in the Ashkenazi media on the subject of the Lost Tribes or Iberian anusim, I ask myself: Whatever happened to basic […]
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 […]
De conversos y la pérdida de la identidad sefaradita
Por David Ramírez Al platicar con un amigo mío sobre cómo la nueva generación de sefaradíes está cada día menos consciente sobre la identidad sefaradí, y los problemas sistémicos que […]
Of Conversos and the Loss of Sephardic Identity
By David Ramírez In talking to a friend of mine about how the new generation of Sephardim are becoming less and less aware about Sephardic identity, and the systemic problems […]
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 […]
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