Amid rapid shifts in the media-buying public’s preferences, comic-book adaptations have proved incredibly lucrative for movie studios, practically becoming Hollywood’s main business model. They’re an ideal medium for an industry constantly looking for ways to[…]
Koheleth’s unconventional use of a religious vocabulary and his frequent citation of proverbial lore for his own special purposes are among the most unique elements of his style. Robert Gordis, Koheleth – The Man and His World: A[…]
All sides have reasons to cling to this illusion. The Palestinian Authority needs its people to believe that progress is being made toward a two-state solution so it can continue to get the economic aid[…]
It is…in wisdom literature that quotations play the most fundamental role. Here, there is no supernatural revelation, merely patient observation used as the basis of reasonable conclusions. Each generation of Sages finds in the extant[…]
In a recent study, we recruited people on their way into a busy, urban Starbucks with a $5 gift card. We asked some customers to “have a genuine interaction with the cashier,” smiling, making eye[…]
Each time we hear of yet another heart-wrenching and infuriating agunah story, we tend to point an accusing finger at the Jewish legal system that has created these circumstances, in which spiteful, angry husbands can[…]
The question should not be which interpretations of the survey are correct. Instead, we should ask, given what we know about ourselves from the survey, how and where can Jewish experiences make the greatest possible[…]
…it is clear that the Book of Koheleth is not a debate, a dialogue, or a philosophical treatise. It is best described as a cahier or notebook, into which the author jotted down his reflections[…]
The impact of Aramaic upon the syntax and vocabulary has already been discussed, while other elements of his style will be analyzed below. At the very outset, it must be borne in mind that Koheleth[…]
There are indeed any number of ways that a couple and a rabbi can purposefully subvert the halachic validity of a marriage ceremony, and any one of these ways would be sufficient to obviate the[…]