Category Archives: Jews

Professor of Apocalypse: The Many Lives of Jacob Taubes

Posted on June 10, 2022 by Luke Ford

Jerry Z. Muller writes in this new book: * The German-speaking Jews of Germany and of the Habsburg Empire often referred to the Yiddish-speaking Jews from Eastern Europe and Russia as Ostjuden—“Eastern Jews.” The distinction was not only one of … Continue reading →

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I Really Thought I Could Change The World With My Little Songs (4-29-22)

Posted on April 29, 2022 by Luke Ford
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Am I a bad person? Jews & The American Soul (8-29-21)

Posted on August 29, 2021 by Luke Ford
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Jews in the American Historical Profession (8-4-21)

Posted on August 4, 2021 by Luke Ford

Peter Novick writes in his 1988 book: * Selig Perlman, a professor of economics at Wisconsin, is said to have regularly summoned Jewish graduate students in history to his office and warned them, in a deep Yiddish accent, that “History … Continue reading →

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What Must A Jew Believe? (8-1-21)

Posted on August 1, 2021 by Luke Ford

00:00 Rabbi Judas, a West Bank Sephardi settler, joins from Israel, https://twitter.com/JudasMaccabeus7 02:00 Jewish philosopher, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maimonides 04:00 Saadia Gaon, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saadia_Gaon 06:00 Argument from Authority, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argument_from_authority 13:00 Hasidic Judaism, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hasidic_Judaism 14:00 Limits of Orthodox Theology: Maimonides’ Thirteen Principles Reappraised, https://www.amazon.com/Limits-Orthodox-Theology-Reappraised-Civilization/dp/1906764239 18:00 … Continue reading →

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