https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7X6SLy5IG8 Last month I gave a lecture at the Jewish Museum in Berlin as part of a program on "What Does the Diaspora Mean for Jews and Muslims?" My 30-minuteish lecture (in English) begins at minute 4:27. The … [Continue reading] about The Diaspora in Berlin
Workshop: Jewish Attitudes Toward Wealth and Poverty
I am very happy to announce an upcoming workshop at Brown University that I am coordinating, "Jewish Attitudes Toward Wealth and Poverty," to take place on November 1-3, 2015. More information can be found on the workshop website. A … [Continue reading] about Workshop: Jewish Attitudes Toward Wealth and Poverty
There Was a Temple on the Temple Mount
I have many friends who find the New York Times's coverage of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to be "anti-Israel." By this, I think that they mean that given a (surprisingly large) number of possible narratives through which to present a news … [Continue reading] about There Was a Temple on the Temple Mount
The Wisdom of Ben Sira: How Jewish?
I have written a short piece on how the book of Ben Sira (also known as Ecclesiasticus, which today is found in the Apocrypha) was pushed to the Jewish margins and on some recent attempts to bring it back into at least the fringes of Jewish … [Continue reading] about The Wisdom of Ben Sira: How Jewish?
The Routledge Encyclopedia of Ancient Mediterranean Religion
For the last several years I have worked as a co-editor on The Routledge Encyclopedia of Ancient Mediterranean Religion, "the first comprehensive single-volume reference work offering authoritative coverage of ancient religions in the Mediterranean … [Continue reading] about The Routledge Encyclopedia of Ancient Mediterranean Religion