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Jewish Husbands, Jewish Wives, and Jewish Partners
Husbands, wives, and relationships in Judaism are governed by the principle that "It is not good for the human to be alone."
Responsibility in the Face of the Other
Responsibility that begins in seeing the face of another human being is a primary philosophical category.
The Shiur Komah: Imaging the Divine
A text's physical description of God might actually have been intended to emphasize God's indescribability.
Spinoza and the Philosophical Impossibility of a Chosen People
Jewish chosenness is not a metaphysical reality. It derives from the conditions of a particularly prosperous period in Israelite history.
2500 BCE to 539 BCE: The Story
Jewish History from the beginning through the Babylonian exile.
Jews & Globalization
Jews (not surprisingly) fall on different sides of the issue, but Jews and Israel have also been the target of anti-globalization anger.
The Rabbis and the Common Folk
The evolving relationship between the rabbinic sages and the Jews on the street.