Menachem Mendel

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.

Posted on November 2nd, 2009 under Kabbalah, Lecture, Public Events. Comments Off

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, Talmud study, [...]

Posted on September 13th, 2009 under Jewish Thought, Kabbalah, Shabbat. Comments: 1

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 computer. [...]

Posted on March 12th, 2009 under Jewish Thought, Kabbalah. Comments: 2

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 of the very [...]

Posted on October 24th, 2008 under Kabbalah, New Books. Comments: 3