The Straus Center reviews Maggid Books’ “And His Name Is One: Healing Judaism’s Relations With World Religions.”
Tag: Straus Reviews
What the Straus Center Is Reading — The Golem Redux: From Prague to Post-Holocaust Fiction
The Straus Center reviews Elizabeth R. Baer’s The Golem Redux: From Prague to Post-Holocaust Fiction, published by Wayne State University Press.
What the Straus Center Is Reading — Studies in Halakhah and Rabbinic History
The Straus Center reviews Eitam Henkin’s Studies in Halakhah and Rabbinic History, which was published by Koren Publishers.
What the Straus Center Is Reading — Studies in Rabbinic Narratives, Volume 1
The Straus Center reviews Jeffrey L. Rubenstein’s “Studies in Rabbinic Narratives, Volume 1.”
What the Straus Center Is Reading — Fears of a Setting Sun: The Disillusionment of America’s Founders
The Straus Center reviews Dennis Rasmussen’s “Fears of a Setting Sun: The Disillusionment of America’s Founders.”
What the Straus Center Is Reading — The Arc of a Covenant: The United States, Israel and the Fate of the Jewish People
The Straus Center’s Stu Halpern reviews Walter Russell Mead’s “The Arc of a Covenant: The United States, Israel and the Fate of the Jewish People.”
What the Straus Center Is Reading — Yeshiva Days: Learning on the Lower East Side
This week, the Straus Center is reading Jonathan Boyarin’s “Yeshiva Days: Learning on the Lower East Side.”
What the Straus Center Is Reading — Lost in Thought: The Hidden Pleasures of an Intellectual Life
Rabbi Dr. Stu Halpern of YU’s Straus Center reviews Lost in Thought: The Hidden Pleasures of an Intellectual Life.
What the Straus Center Is Reading — Strauss, Spinoza & Sinai: Orthodox Judaism and Modern Questions of Faith
Rabbi Dr. Stu Halpern of YU’s Straus Center reviews Strauss, Spinoza & Sinai: Orthodox Judaism and Modern Questions of Faith.
What the Straus Center Is Reading — The Birth of Doubt: Confronting Uncertainty in Early Rabbinic Literature
Rabbi Dr. Stu Halpern of YU’s Straus Center reviews Moshe Halbertal’s examination of the rabbinic focus on legal doubt.