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Racial Murder: American Memory, American Tragedy

June 5, 2020June 5, 2020
In light of recent events, we are republishing this piece written after the Charleston shooting on June 17, 2015. Samuel Loncar on America, ... [Read More]

Toward A Better Eternity: COVID-19 and The Recovery of Time

June 5, 2020
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 ... [Read More]

Demons and Western Psychology: The Unbounded Potential of The Monastic Mind

May 22, 2020
Daniel Eastman on Inbar Graiver How were Christian monks in the late antique Near East like modern cognitive psychologists? This question lies at ... [Read More]

On Myths and Moneylenders

May 22, 2020May 22, 2020
Rowan Dorin on The Myth of the Medieval Jewish Moneylender In the century following the Black Death, new Jewish communities sprang up in ... [Read More]

Jewish Moneylending? Questioning Paradigms, Shattering Myths

May 22, 2020May 22, 2020
Julie Mell responds to the forum on The Myth of the Medieval Jewish Moneylender Eppur si muove – “And yet it moves . . ... [Read More]

The Art of Poetry: To Turn Our Grief to Music

May 22, 2020May 28, 2020
 Andrew Mossin on Rachel Tzvia Back “Poetry makes nothing happen.” W.H. Auden’s oft-quoted line appears in his 1940 poem, “In Memory of W.B. ... [Read More]

Establishing Truth That’s Trusted in the Gospels and Today

May 8, 2020May 8, 2020
Ramsay MacMullen A front-page feature of the NY Times Science section recently (March 3, 2020) explained how social animals, from primates down through ... [Read More]

Who Speaks for the Jews: Latin and Hebrew Sources

May 8, 2020May 8, 2020
Pinchas Roth on The Myth of the Medieval Jewish Moneylender In The Myth of the Medieval Jewish Moneylender, Julie Mell aims to uproot several long-held ... [Read More]

Complicating Myths: Moneylending in Iberia

May 8, 2020May 8, 2020
Sarah Ifft Decker on The Myth of the Medieval Jewish Moneylender Jews began to settle in Vic, a mid-size city in northwestern Catalonia, only ... [Read More]

The Myth of the Medieval Jewish Moneylender: A Forum

May 8, 2020May 22, 2020
The Myth of the Medieval Jewish Moneylender: A Forum  An Introduction Nina Caputo (University of Florida) Contributors Who Speaks for the Jews? Latin ... [Read More]

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