George Robinson

Jewish mysticism takes hold.

The academic study of Jewish mysticism was established by a single, ground-breaking scholar.

For Jewish religious thinkers in our time, the question "why observe mitzvot?" has become a central and critical concern. Some answers echo earlier periods, some are new.

Two elements that are the essence of Shabbat.

The Oral Torah reflects an attempt to create an eternal Judaism, unaffected by the setbacks that had afflicted the Jewish people in the preceding two centuries.