Then and Now
America leads through its values. A hackneyed phrase if there ever was one and one that I never took seriously until this week. The true meaning of this phrase – and particularly of the key ambiguous words “leads” and “values” – began finally to … [Continue reading] about America First
Over the past few years, institutional digital repositories and more broad-based digital “commons” have proliferated. Many are found at universities (Brown now has one) and sites such as Zenodo and Humanities Commons. Such platforms serve two … [Continue reading] about Digital Preservation
The online forum Ancient Jew Review recently published three essays on Jewish charity in antiquity, by Alyssa Gray, Gregg Gardner, and Yael Wilfand. I highly recommend these essays which together provide an excellent introduction to the state of … [Continue reading] about Jewish Charity in Antiquity
Last year I co-taught a class called "Wealth: Religious Approaches" and ran a related workshop, "Jewish Approaches to Wealth and Poverty." I am now preparing the sources presented at the workshop for publication and will be teaching a new course … [Continue reading] about Jews and Money: A New Course
A few years back I tried to incorporate video clips into my teaching. Below is a link to a brief account I recently published in AJS Perspectives on this … [Continue reading] about Using Video in Religious Studies Classes