George Robinson Articles By George Robinson
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The Mohel
This man or woman on the "cutting edge" of Jewish ritual, performs Judaism's oldest rite.
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The Mishnah as a Response to Catastrophe
The Mishnah reflects an attempt by the rabbis to create an eternal Judaism, unaffected by the kinds of catastrophes that had afflicted the Jewish people in the preceding two centuries.
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Sefirot
According to the kabbalists, the attributes of God relate to each other in a scripted way.
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Maimonides' Conception of God
Maimonides' theology tells us more about what God isn't than what God is.
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Kabbalah in Spain
From the 13th through the 15th century, the Iberian Peninsula was the home of most major kabbalists.
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Planning a Brit Milah (Bris)
What to do besides calling the mohel.
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Genesis Means Origins
The first book of the Bible tells of the origins of the world and of a very interesting family eventually known as the children of Israel.
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Interest-Free Loans in Judaism
Jews have a tradition, based in biblical law, of interest-free lending, primarily--but not exclusively--to other Jews.
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Hasidic Mysticism
Hasidism spread mystical ideas to the masses of East-European Jewry.
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George Robinson, author of Essential Judaism, is the recipient of a Simon Rockower Award for excellence in Jewish journalism from the American Jewish Press Association. His writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Newsday, Jewish Week, and The Detroit Jewish News.
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