Daily Archives: July 12, 2021

Tikkun Olam And Other Great Jewish Ideas (7-12-21)

Posted on July 12, 2021 by Luke Ford

Tikkun Olam And Other Great Jewish Ideas (7-12-21) https://t.co/6YKGCPyogb — (((Luke Ford))) (@lukeford) July 13, 2021 00:00 Reb Doooovid joins, https://twitter.com/RebDoooovid 02:00 Doooovid’s Youtube channel, https://www.youtube.com/user/doooovid 04:00 Richard Spencer vs Judas Maccabeus, https://killstream.libsyn.com/richard-spencer-vs-judas-maccabeus 05:00 Tikkun ha-Olam: The Metamorphosis of a … Continue reading →

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Jewish Philosophy and the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict

Posted on July 12, 2021 by Luke Ford

Aaron W. Hughes writes in 2014: * Having grown up non-Jewishly in a home completely devoid of Judaism, let alone any religion, my path to the tradition, both intellectual and spiritual, for all intents and purposes only began in graduate … Continue reading →

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The politics of biblical interpretation

Posted on July 12, 2021 by Luke Ford

Aaron W. Hughes writes in 2018: * The Biblical narrative has long been used to articulate political positions about Jewish life. The history of Jewish philosophy, for example, is essentially the history of reading the Bible through a set of … Continue reading →

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Gods and Demons, Priests and Scholars: Critical Explorations in the History of Religions

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Bruce Lincoln writes in this 2012 book: * This is not a religious book. Rather, it is a book about religion. Insofar as it aspires to truth, said truth is strictly provisional and mundane. * Like all proponents of the … Continue reading →

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Tikkun ha-Olam: The Metamorphosis of a Concept

Posted on July 12, 2021 by Luke Ford

Gilbert S. Rosenthal writes in 2005: * The notion of tikkun ha-olam—healing, mending, repairing the world, improving society—has become a popular concept these days. Everyone seems to be invoking the term or the concept: it is a shibboleth in both … Continue reading →

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