The Myth of Meritocracy
Timothy Larsen on Peter Mandler Peter Mandler’s truly impressive study, The Crisis of the Meritocracy: Britain’s Transition to Mass Education since the Second
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People of The Books: Qur’an and The Bible
Stephen Burge on Gabriel Reynolds Gabriel Reynolds’ The Qur’an and the Bible: Text and Commentary, is a handsomely produced volume, and an intriguing
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Why Teens Matter: The Voice of Gen-Z
Managing Editor, Alexandra Barylski in conversation with Sammy Kelner, Contributing Editor for Teen MRB. At MRB, we believe teenagers are intelligent citizens capable
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The Secret Life of Saturn: Melancholia and the Warburg Institute
P.S. Makhlouf on a classic reissued A pernicious threat looms on the horizon. If, following Marsilio Ficino’s prescriptions, you are sure to arise
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The Interim World: The Poetics of Tuvia Ruebner
Rachel Tzvia Back on Tuvia Ruebner I’ve been intensely and intimately engaged with the poetry of Tuvia Ruebner as his English language translator
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The Trials and Tribulations of A New Jewish Canon
Claire E. Sufrin and Yehuda Kurtzer on our relation to the past For five years, we have been working on a book project
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Racial Murder: American Memory, American Tragedy
In light of recent events, we are republishing this piece written after the Charleston shooting on June 17, 2015. Samuel Loncar on America,
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Toward A Better Eternity: COVID-19 and The Recovery of Time
Ahmed Elbenni on COVID-19 Lately, I’ve taken to counting in Fridays. It’s been ten Fridays since the coronavirus made my body home and
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Demons and Western Psychology: The Unbounded Potential of The Monastic Mind
Daniel Eastman on Inbar Graiver How were Christian monks in the late antique Near East like modern cognitive psychologists? This question lies at
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On Myths and Moneylenders
Rowan Dorin on The Myth of the Medieval Jewish Moneylender In the century following the Black Death, new Jewish communities sprang up in
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