We’re reconsidering Spinoza, but would he reconsider us?
Marc Cohen suggests what is at stake in recent debates about the famously excommunicated philosopher.
Marc Cohen suggests what is at stake in recent debates about the famously excommunicated philosopher.
Grad Fellow Esra Bakkalbasioglu reflects on the raki-maker Rabbi Nahmias, the rebetiko singer Roza Eskenazi, and Jewish identities.
Denise Grollmus' discovery that her family had Jewish roots led her to study contemporary Jewish-Polish culture.
What does it mean to "feel" Jewish? In the wake of the Pew Survey on Jewish American life, Jeremy Derfner considers the changing shape of Jewish identity.
How (and why) do languages mark Jewish identity? Hannah Pressman's piece was inspired by Prof. David Bunis' recent talk.
Cinema is a visual document of the transformation of attitudes towards Jews in the Soviet Union.
Steven Cohen's first Stroum Lecture describes a group he calls "Borderland Jews."
User-friendly or clunky? A Seattle rabbi weighs in on the Foer/Englander blockbuster.