All posts tagged "judaism"
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Non-Fiction Reviews
An Interview with Rebecca Goldstein, author of “Betraying Spinoza”
July 25, 2024"The issue that animated his life and his thought was that of religious intolerance. The Jews...
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Art
Art Review: Rembrandt and the Face of Jesus, Philadelphia Museum of Art
May 5, 2024Living in close proximity to the growing Jewish population of Amsterdam, the biblically-minded Rembrandt experienced an...
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Art
Art Review: Paris Through the Window: Marc Chagall and His Circle, Philadelphia Museum of Art
April 6, 2024Chagall was a major exception to the ready embrace of western modes of art and thought...
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Fiction Reviews
You or Someone Like You by Chandler Burr
January 9, 2024The religious and cultural tensions present in this book, while controversial, are always handled with grace...
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Non-Fiction Reviews
Lisa Alcalay Klug: Releasing Your Inner Heebster
December 1, 2023But for now, there is only one book and it’s a book that’s all about shouting...
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Art
Crossing Borders: Manuscripts from the Bodleian Libraries — Jewish Museum of New York
July 28, 2023To look at one of the treasures on display in this wonderful exhibit, the Kennicott Bible,...