VIDEO | Marina Rustow — Jewish Manuscripts in the Digital Age: The Cairo Geniza and the New Materiality
Dr. Marina Rustow of Princeton University will deliver the 2019 Stroum Lectures in Jewish Studies.
From ancient Jewish practitioners to Google searches, coping with our fear of “ugly” babies
Like people today, people in the ancient world were obsessed with having ideal children. And ancient theories of vision combined with fears around imperfect babies to create some funky beliefs about sex and conception, writes grad fellow Jennifer Hunter. But were they really weirder than our worries today?
Demonic femininity in the ancient synagogue: Dancing with the angel of death
Ancient synagogue poetry describing the magic "sotah" ritual for women evoked common fears around demonic forces and women's sexuality, writes Dr. Laura S. Lieber.
Us vs. them: Challenging stereotypes about Judaism in the wake of the Pittsburgh shooting
Christian myths about Judaism both feed anti-Semitism and misrepresent the reality of a religion based on the love of God and the other.
Reading the Rain in Moses’ Poetic Goodbye
Study Moses' last words in Deut. 32 with the help of Marty Jaffee's new translation of the Sifre Devarim and guiding questions from Beth Huppin.
Marty Jaffee Brings Rabbinic Voices from the Cairo Geniza to the E-Book
Prof. Marty Jaffe’s e-book translation of the Sifre Devarim brings a poetic perspective to a seminal piece of rabbinic commentary.
Mazel Tov to Dr. Marina Rustow on MacArthur Genius Award
Dr. Marina Rustow, a former Cole Fellow at the Stroum Center, received a MacArthur Genius Award for her work on the Cairo Geniza.
A Jewish Historian’s Plea for Global Refugees
What can the Jewish history of migration teach us about today’s global refugee crisis?