Ideas

Identity

 

Alternative Judaisms
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The history of Jewish movements is anything but straightforward.

By Felix Posen

Jews and Sports
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A surprising way to
explore secular Judaism. 
 
By Rebecca Alpert
 
 
 
 
 Sandy Koufax, ca. 1965

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How Sociology can be used to
explore secular Jewish identities, cultures, and practices.
 
By Caryn Aviv

Lilith, Then Miriam
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The "poster-girls" for Jewish feminists have come a long way since the 1970s.
 
By Vanessa L. Ochs
 
 Paul Malteis. The Song of Miriam, 18th century.

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Weidman Schneider, founder of the magazine Lilith, discusses how she sees women continuing to change the world with words and deeds rather than flags.
 
By Rebecca Phillips


 
How anarchist and agitator Emma Goldman earned her title.
By Sephora Markson Hartz

A Public Course for Interdisciplinary Dialogue 
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Fostering conversation about
secular Jewish culture.

By Sven-Erik Rose

Feminism as Tikkun Ha-Olam
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Secularism, humanism, and feminism embrace the social contract to repair the world.
By Lea Shakdiel

Sephardic Jews Observe Hoshanah Rabah, 1723-1743.
Reflections on the Sephardic legacy of coexistence.
By David Shasha

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Morburre. Un Violin sur la Toit, 2010.
Perceptions of the shtetl in Jewish life.
By Anna Shternshis


The World's Most Popular Book, Revisited
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The Hebrew Bible is a rich cultural artifact. But a moral compass? That's another story.

By Yedidya Itzhaki

 

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Stavans discusses modern, secular concepts of Jewish love.
 
By Ilan Stavans with Veronica Albin

Does Science Matter?

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Secular values and the battle
over science education.

By Jesse Tisch

A Room With a View
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God let me down on a
bright summer night... 

By Lucette Valensi

Judicial Power and National Politics

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Courts and gender in the religious-secular conflict
in Israel.

By Patricia J. Woods


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