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Tehilla

Israel | political religion | Jewish philosophy | mysticism

The Unity of Opposites: Political Theology and the Common Good

Jewish mysticism offers wisdom for modern politics...

March 25, 2021
Nurses

Coronavirus | Religion and Literature | Jewish philosophy

Love, Obligation, and Possibilities in the Time of COVID-19

Even in this season of prescribed social distancing, hope for our future emerges from our bonds with one another...

March 30, 2020

philosophy of mind | metaphysical realism | internal realism | Jewish philosophy | Pierre Hadot | Franz Rosenzweig | Martin Buber | Emmanuel Levinas | Ludwig Wiggtenstein | God

Hilary Putnam (1926-2016): A Philosopher of Science's Late-Life Return to His Native Judaism

Students and scholars from a wide range of academic disciplines will be familiar with Hilary Putnam. Born in Chicago, in 1926, to secular-Jewish parents who championed Communism, a political cause he likewise espoused for much of his life, Putnam tur...

April 28, 2016