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Another chapter of R. Shmuel Ashkenazi’s Latest Work

Another chapter of R. Shmuel Ashkenazi’s Latest Work

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Another chapter of R. Shmuel Ashkenazi’s Latest Work Unfortunately, the amount of responses regarding assisting the publication of R. Ashkenazi’s was underwhelming (a total of one contribution) so it is still uncertain when the seforim will actually be published. Until then – here is another chapter. For more information to contribute (any amount is extremly helpful) contact me at eliezerbrodt-at-gmail.com. למקורות הפתגם ‘ישועת ה’ כהרף עין’ בספרו איש צדיק היה (ס”ע 223) מספר שמחה רז: פעם סיפר לי (ר’ אריה…

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Egregious Mistakes Regarding Jewish Practice from National Geographic

Egregious Mistakes Regarding Jewish Practice from National Geographic

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Egregious Mistakes Regarding Jewish Practice from National Geographic by: C. Breisch Two elderly Jews were sitting on a bench in Hester Street Park on the lower east-side, fiercely debating one of the important issues perpetually debated on those benches. As the debate turned fiercer and fiercer, one exasperated Jew turned to the other and yelled, “I am not telling you a bubbe maaseh from chumash, it is the forvetz [forward] that I am quoting!”Readers of this blog have had their…

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Mysteries of the Other World: Golems, Demons and Similar Beings in Jewish Thought & History

Mysteries of the Other World: Golems, Demons and Similar Beings in Jewish Thought & History

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A recent article begins: While some Jewish families see Halloween as a pagan holiday that should not be observed, the fact is, Jewish tradition is itself no stranger to the otherworldly, with its own history of golem-makers, sorcerers, and demon wranglers, and throughout the centuries Jews have been as afraid of evil spirits as anyone else Indeed, for those interested in some of the discussions regarding demon wranglers and golem makers, see Dr. Leiman’s post on “Did a Disciple of…

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Some Assorted Comments and a Selection from my Memoir. part 1

Some Assorted Comments and a Selection from my Memoir. part 1

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Some Assorted Comments and a Selection from my Memoir, part 1 By  Marc B. Shapiro 1. Fifty years ago R. Jehiel Jacob Weinberg spoke about the fraudulence that was found in the Orthodox world. Unfortunately, matters have gotten much worse since his time. I am not referring to the phony pesakim in the names of great rabbis that appear plastered all over Jerusalem, and from there to the internet. Often the damage has been done before the news comes out…

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Interview with Professor Lawrence Kaplan

Interview with Professor Lawrence Kaplan

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Interview with Professor Lawrence Kaplan Conducted by Baruch Pelta on December 22, 2008 at the 40th Association for Jewish Studies Conference Transcribed Using the Services of Olivia Wiznitzer Co-edited by Lawrence Kaplan and Baruch Pelta    Lawrence Kaplan received his BA from Yeshiva College, his MA and PhD from Harvard University, and his rabbinical ordination from Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary. He has taught at McGill University since 1972, and is currently Professor of Rabbinics and Jewish Philosophy in its…

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Joshua Berman: What Orthodoxy Can Gain From Academic Biblical Studies

Joshua Berman: What Orthodoxy Can Gain From Academic Biblical Studies

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  What Orthodoxy Can Gain From Academic Biblical Studies: The Torah as Political Theory[1] by: Joshua BermanJoshua Berman is a lecturer in Tanakh at Bar-Ilan University and an Associate Fellow at the Shalem Center. He is the author of Created Equal: How the Bible Broke with Ancient Political Thought (Oxford University Press, 2008) which was the National Jewish Book Award Finalist in Scholarship for 2008.      In ways that were astonishingly new and counter-intuitive, in ways that served the purposes of…

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