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Interviews with Abraham Joshua Heschel

On a tip from an e-mail listserv, some clips from interviews with R. Abraham Joshua Heschel.

Posted on November 16th, 2008 under Jewish Thought, Online resources. Comments: None

R. Samson Raphael Hirsch, JTS and Different Translations

Dr. Meir Hildesheimer has written about R. Samson Raphael Hirsch at Seforim. An ironic bibliographical note, which I always found interesting, is that the translator into English of Hirsch’s The Nineteen Letters of Ben Uziel: Being a Spiritual Presentation of the Principles of Judaism, was none other than R. Dr. Bernard Drachman, a [...]

Posted on July 24th, 2008 under Jewish History, Jewish Thought. Comments: 7

Princeton U. receives $4.5 million gift

From the JTA and more here.
The Tikvah Fund has given Princeton University $4.5 million to strengthen undergraduate interest in Jewish thought.
The funds are also earmarked to bring Jewish history and ideas into dialogue with other historical, philosophical and theological traditions, Princeton announced this week.

The Tikvah Project on Jewish Thought will host visiting scholars and fellows, [...]

Posted on July 9th, 2008 under Current Events, Jewish Studies, Jewish Thought. Comments: None

Internet Site Dedicated to Yeshayahu Leibowitz

Someone pointed out to me a website dedicated to Yeshayahu Leibowitz. Leibowitz, the brother of Nechama Leibowitz, was clearly one of the most colorful and thought-provoking modern Jewish and Israeli thinkers and intellectuals. I still remember bringing a friend of mine to a lecture of his and emphasizing that he shouldn’t sit in [...]

Posted on June 5th, 2008 under Jewish Thought, Online resources. Comments: None