Philosophy
Remembering Rochelle Furstenberg: A groundbreaking writer, editor, and literary critic
Rochelle grew up in Chicago, and later moved to New York to continue her studies. Her husband, Prof. Hillel Furstenberg, was born in Berlin and escaped with his family to New York in 1939.
'Echoes of Rashi': Exploring R. Shlomo Yitzhaki's ideas and their relevance today
The West funds its own executioners in ideological war it barely realizes it is fighting - opinion
Serendipitous gifts are all around us: The invisible threads connecting Israelis in times of loss
Center Field: To reinvigorate Zionism, ‘Z3’ should build ‘identity Zionism’ first
Thankfully, the Z3 Conference didn’t degenerate into the III, the Israel Indignation Industry, where liberals lament Israel’s sins, while conservatives bemoan the world’s hatred.
ETHICS IN EVERYDAY LIFE: Keep the change?
But what if the person who lost the object isn’t a human being but just a corporation? Corporations are owned by collections of human beings – the shareholders.
Finding a universal truth
Ken Krimstein’s graphic memoir of Hannah Arendt offers a rose-colored view of the philosopher’s work.
Freud in Jerusalem
The focal point of the Freud of the Rings exhibition at the Israel Museum are six intriguing rings.
Maimonides and his perplexing Guide of the Perplexed
His magnum opus, the Guide of the Perplexed, remains the most influential attempt to reconcile Judaism’s sacred texts with scientific truths.
Pay mindfulness forward
How much of my overall experience was not feeling well? Ten percent? Why should I let just one element, already in the minority, define the entire weekend?
IN PLAIN LANGUAGE: Jews and cruise
I contemplate both how small and powerless we humans are... yet how far Man can go in captivating and controlling our world
Joy to the world
Musician Yaron Cohen presents a multimedia 'message'.
A toolkit in the search for meaning
Landau touched on many topics, including arguments for both the meaningfulness and meaninglessness of life, the role of religion, and running up against the world’s imperfections.
11th-century Egyptian Haggada unveiled
Unearthing Jewish lives in the Middle Ages.