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J.J. and Dr. Tamar Rudavsky trace the responses to Maimonides among Medieval Jewish Philosophers.
T.M. Rudavsky is Professor of Philosophy at The Ohio State University. She specializes in medieval Jewish philosophy and has edited three volumes:…
The Gates of Gaza
Shulie Mishkin
Wednesdays, 12:00pm Eastern, 7:00pm Israel time
Class on Wednesday, February 14 is cancelled
January 10 Introduction and Tanakh period
January 17Second Temple Times - Twentieth Century: Jewish and Christian…
J.J. and Dr. Ruth Wisse unpack the world or modern Yiddish literature from its beginnings with Rav Nachman of Breslov through Chaim Grade and the contemporary state of Yiddish studies.
Ruth R. Wisse is professor emerita of Yiddish literature and…
J.J. and Dr. Shaye Cohen go deep into the world of the mishnah and try to mark the boundaries between the world of the mishnah and the world of history.
Shaye J. D. Cohen is the Littauer Professor of Hebrew Literature and Philosophy in the…
In this episode J.J. and Peter Cole discuss Jewish poetry, aesthetics, and why Samuel ibn Naghrillah would probably make an excellent rapper.
Born in Paterson, New Jersey, in 1957, Peter Cole is the author of six books of poems—most recently Draw…
In this episode J.J. and Dr. Tamara Morsel-Eisenberg try to figure out what exactly we mean when we say "the Early Modern Period", also legal codes, and the scientific revolution.
Tamara Morsel-Eisenberg is Assistant Professor of Jewish History.…