Tomer Persico reviews (Hebrew) Jay Michaelson’s Everything Is God: The Radical Path of Nondual Judaism. For a recent article by Persico on The Rebbe see here. From his article,
As I will show, the Rebbe did believe—and encouraged his followers to believe—that he was the messiah, destined to reveal himself to the people Israel [...]
Dr. Eitan Fishbane will speak at JTS on Tuesday, December 2, at 7:30 p.m. Fishbane will speak on Isaac ben Samuel of Akko, the subject of his recently published book As Light Before Dawn: The Inner World of a Medieval Kabbalist.
The Tikvah Institute for Jewish Thought at JTS Presents:
Professor Moshe Idel
“Devequt in the Thought of Rabbi Israel Ba‘al Shem Tov”
Moderation and Response by
Dr. Eitan Fishbane, JTS
Tuesday, November 10, 2009 @ 12:30 pm
Mendelson Convocation Center
light refreshments will be served
Moshe Idel will be speaking at Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville, NY, on Monday, November 16. He will speak on “Kabbalah and Eros.” The talk will be in Titsworth Lecture Hall at 5:00 p.m.
A few weeks ago, one of the local papers had an article about another blogger who lives in my neighborhood, Aliza Hausman. She describes herself as “a Dominican-American Latina and Orthodox Jewish convert (Jewminicana for short!), freelancer writer, blogger and speaker.” For those looking for something in addition to questions concerning philology, manuscripts, [...]
In Haaretz there is an interesting interview with Yehuda Liebes about many things. Also see this Hebrew site which has a number of his articles. Here is an interesting biographical note.
He is happiest when he’s at home in Jerusalem’s Kiryat Moshe neighborhood, in the company of his books, sitting in front of his [...]
Haaretz has a highly recommended interview with Joseph Dan. (hat tip) Dan is currently working on a multi-volume history called “Toledot Torat Hasod Ha’ivrit” (“History of Jewish Mysticism and Esotericism,” Zalman Shazar Center, Jerusalem). Here are some interesting comments of his on the title.
The overall title of the work reflects some [...]
PK at BibliOdyssey has posted some interesting images from a French ms. titled, Talismans Cabalistiques Magiques, grands secretes des Planettes.
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