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The Havurah throws a party and all are invited All Islanders are invited to come celebrate with us for a grand reopening celebration. On Sunday, August 8, from 4-7 p.m.,!-->…

This summer's best film was conceived almost seven centuries ago. Sir Gauvain and the Green Knight is an epic poem in Middle English from the 14th century, written by an unknown author.…

Anti-creationism poster. (Silly Divinity, Flickr, public domain) If you're still not convinced that the American pre-college school system has for many years consistently rejected down-to-earth critical thinking in favor of supernatural…

Jonathan Lipnicki, better known as the adorable moppet in the 1996 Tom Cruise film "Jerry Maguire", jumped into action after witnessing an anti-Semitic attack in Los Angeles. Former child star, jiu-jitsu black belt and MMA…

Dr Cornel West CBS NEWS Dr Cornel West has resigned from his post at Harvard University, quoting "intellectual and spiritual bankruptcy deep depths ”in a resignation letter, which was shared widely on social media.…

Illustration of the “In God We Trust” flag. (Marie, Adobe Stock) While laws remain in effect in a number of US states to guard against such old terrors as "blasphemy" and atheist politicians, apologists today view their…

She tells me that she sees the Gabriela Hearst line as Athena, the Greek goddess of wisdom and war - a more cerebral femininity; clothing for women who run businesses - while Chloe is Aphrodite, the goddess of love, more sensual, younger…

Yaël Bartana, Malka Germania, 2021, three-channel video and sound installation, color, sound, 38 minutes. The Messiah (Gala…

1. Piotr Chaadaev (1794-1856)Chaadayev's life turned into a nightmare after the publication of his “first philosophical letter” in 1836.Portrait of Pyotr Chaadayev. . Varfolomeev / Sputnik…

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Social sciences like religion deal with human nature. It requires appropriate interpretations and a good understanding in time and space. Human nature, however, seems to be a category in philosophy; its manifestations are socially and…

Through David K. Johnson, Ph.D., the college king Something that has bothered existentialist philosophers - a concern first expressed by Jean-Paul Sartre and which has been exemplified and amplified by the ubiquitous use of social…

Nina Katchadourian is a sculptor, printmaker, photographer, performance artist, videographer, sound artist - but more than all that, she's an artist with a voracious curiosity and the stamina of a marathon runner when it comes to life. it's…

Through Charles Mathewes, Ph.D., University of Virginia Over the past 50 years, thinkers have come to realize that Islam is an integral part of the history of Western thought on evil in complex ways. Islam is linked to the older…

On the High Line, a popular tourist attraction in New York City, visitors to the west side of Lower Manhattan ascend above street level to what was once an elevated freight train line and is now a leisurely stroll and…

During the rally, Miles-Sash and a group of women were approached by a prominent local rabbi who offered to negotiate the get. “And we were like, 'We're not backing down,' says Miles-Sash. She filmed the interaction and…

Existentialism began in the 19th century and became widespread in continental philosophy, so a few dominant themes and ways of thinking, particularly around the issue of embodiment and individuality, which permeate these existential…

For more than a decade, Chava has been waiting for him to have — a Jewish writ of divorce — from her legal ex-husband Naftali, who continues to keep her chained to a dead marriage. Chava married Naftali in 2006, and after four years of…

This cartoon below is taken from the 'teapot analogy' of the English philosopher and Nobel laureate for literature Bertrand Russell (1872-1970), who argues that the philosophical burden of proof falls appropriately on anyone who claims…

As a teenager, I often confused the work of Alexander Calder with that of Joan Miró and sometimes even of Picasso. Bold, playful and abstract, the sculpture of these three art giants appeared to be interchangeable. Visits…

For a quarantine album, it sure hits hard By Joanna Lin March 31, 2021 OK OrchestraAJRS-curve recordsMarch 26, 2021 AJR released their third studio album, OK Orchestra, Friday. Overall, the album does a very good job of picking…

At a time when anti-Semitism is on the rise, it is imperative that Jewish students have someone to turn to to meet their needs on campus, especially the student government. The University of Iowa's undergraduate student government on…

Although small, the University of Iowa Hillel does everything to serve its students. The University of Iowa's Jewish community is small, but Iowa Hillel does everything possible to create a welcoming home for its students. The Hillel…

"People try to minimize differences when they're in love," says Joel Crohn, Ph.D., author of Mixed Matches: How to Create Successful Interracial, Interethnic and Interfaith Relationships. But ignoring the differences can be detrimental to…

Marquis Palmer grew up less than 10 miles from the Hamilton College campus in an environment where poverty rates were high and expectations often low. Now Palmer, a 2018 Hamilton graduate from Utica, NY, has been selected to receive a…

Live theater is making a comeback. In early December, Dr Christian Colombo and Dr Tyrone Grima will present a John Pielmeier classic, the play "Agnes of God", starring actresses Isabel Warrington, Simone Ellul and Kyra Lautier.…

We were enjoying our comfortable semi-retirement in the Covidia era, in the most sleepy national capital in the whole world, kittens, as a maintained blogger supported by the The sexiest prime minister in the world, when all of a…

The contemporary world of Tanakh study is perhaps as diverse as it has ever been. There is a huge outpouring of Tanakh-related publications from every possible perspective and ideology. When the contemporary Orthodox learner of the…

In a new book, Saul Friedländer shows how an analytical approach that made him a Holocaust historian, can explain a gay writer of Jewish origin. "Proustian uncertainties" concerns the French novelist Marcel Proust, whose "…

Hegel for social movementsBy Andy BlundenHaymarket Books, 2020, 290 pages, $ 38.90 Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel was born 250 years ago on August 27, 1770 in Stuttgart, Germany. During his lifetime he was the most influential and…

If anyone needs a reminder of the power of supernatural religion over the conservative human mind, note that the European Intellectual Awakening of the 17the and 18e centuries - the Enlightenment - centuries later, is still a work in…

Blogger's Note: This scholarly dismantling of Christian doctrine is one of the clearest and most compelling that I have read. It had already been published on May 14 on the blog “Recovering from Religion”. I think it's…

Imagine a well-educated and well-off European in his twenties, seemingly one of the privileged people of fortune, suffering from crippling feelings of hopelessness and guilt. For no apparent reason, he breaks up with the woman everyone…

In the second season of "The Good Place" on NBC, Michael, the character of Ted Danson, goes through an existential crisis after facing his own mortality."If I'm right here and I go, what's the point of all this?" Philosopher Todd May wants…

Every philosopher must run the glove of time. Philosophical ideas fall for and against, but the litmus test is whether we continue to debate a philosopher's ideas long after he has left the scene. The anniversary of the…

Political discourse has taken on a certain tinge from Camus. The term existential threat has been fertile lately, especially among Democratic presidential candidates. It has become a fixed term in reference to climate change, as used by…

Psychoanalysts and philosophers like Nietzsche have long reflected on the paradox with which modern people struggle between spirituality and science. Director / screenwriter Shawn Snyder captures this schism in…

NEW YORK - There are not one but two owl fighters credited in "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs". This isn't too surprisingly, as Joel and Ethan Coen's new film probably has the best performance by an owl I've ever seen. "We definitely…

Bad faith is very present in the news. As the media relentlessly reminds us, Republicans tirelessly accuse Democrats of bad faith, while Democrats relentlessly criticize Republicans for the same sin. But Jean-Paul Sartre, the thinker…

This may seem shockingly upsetting to the legions of admirers of the dean of existentialism or Western alienation, but to quote TS Eliot from his 'Burnt Norton': 'Mankind cannot stand much reality.' We indeed cannot, especially when the…

"Being is. Being is in itself. Being is what it is."Jean-Paul Charles Aymard Sartre is one of the most important philosophers of all time. Although his work has garnered considerable resonance over the years, his theories of…

Existentialism remains one of the most popular philosophies for the layman to read, consider, and study. The questions it poses and the problems it faces, those of free will, anxiety and the search for meaning; are…

Martin Luther King, Jr. Photo: Wikimedia Commons. Each time Martin Luther King Day rolls around, pro and anti-Israel forces clash over King's legacy, borrowing tropes from the civil rights movement and quotes from its leader to support…

The emergence of a white supremacist "alt-right" movement is a deeply troubling moment in American politics, and commentators struggle to understand. what motivates and how to define the group. But for an insightful analysis of the…

Image from Flickr Thanksgiving is America's most Jewish holiday. It recalls the Torah instruction that “when you have eaten your fill, give thanks to the Lord your God for the good land which God has given…

(JTA) - In The Ethics of the Fathers, the rabbis teach that we should give respect and honor to an individual who teaches us the slightest knowledge. For those of us who were students of Rabbi Eugene Borowitz, who passed away last week at…

Like many of my fellow travelers in atheistic Judaism – from Matt Stone to Mark Zuckerberg, Albert Einstein and Sarah Silverman – I have always struggled to understand this one. Every holiday season I ask…

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