Beyond the Era of the Torah?
Nathaniel Berman on Moshe Halbertal Moshe Halbertal’s magisterial study appears to situate itself firmly among the decades-long challenges to Gershom Scholem’s most famous
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America’s Cheap Salvation
Rachel Pafe on Karen Bray Theologian Karen Bray describes “Black Lives Matter” and “Make America Great Again” as two diverging channels of deep
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Religious Diversity vs the Supreme Court?
Mitch McConnell and Donald Trump paid off their debt to the white evangelical community for its political support. And they did so with
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Homosexuality and Jewish Apostasy in Renaissance Italy
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David Foster Wallace: Genius?
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Storytelling In Indo-Persian Literary Traditions
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The Alchemy of Tuvia Ruebner’s Poetry
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When Truth Finds A Home: In The Shelter by Pádraig Ó Tuama
Alexandra Barylski on Pádraig Ó Tuama This is a book about truth. A book about facing the truth of your own life and
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Why Philo Matters
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America’s Most Cherished and Controversial Right
Ryan T. Woods on Free Speech Of all our democratic values, Americans are most devoted to free speech. A 2015 Rasmussen poll revealed
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