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When a family member dies, the loss is of a person. But in cases where that person embodies the last living link to an exilic homeland-a not uncommon occurrence for Jews in the Americas-the death of a parent can also mean the loss of a... more
"Maurice Barrès" (p. 96-97) ; "Charles Maurras" (p. 643-645) ; "Judaïsme" (p. 528-533) ; "Juif errant" (p. 533-535) ; "Nationalisme" (p. 712-714)
XXXIII Convegno Internazionale dell'Associazione Italiana per lo Studio del Giudaismo "Ebraismo fra peculiarità e interculturalità", Dipartimento di Beni Culturali, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, Ravenna, 2-4 Settembre 2019
בתולדות האמנות הישראלית, אשר את ראשיתה מקובל לראות בהקמת בית הספר בצלאל למלאכות אמנות בירושלים בשנת, 1906 בולטות בהיעדרן שנות השלושים. ההתעלמות מתקופה זו ניכרת במיוחד על רקע תשומת הלב הרבה הניתנת במחקר, בתערוכות ובספרים לעשורים הראשונים... more
Статья посвящена восприятию Земли Израиля, а также отношению к Государству Израиль среди последователей Прогрессивного иудаизма в современной России.
How many Jewish people are there who believe in Jesus? This is an open questions which is partially addressed in this paper which works with historical material as well as a recent survey of Evangelicals. 2% of those who identify as... more
מסתו של פרויד ״הפרעת זיכרון על האקרופוליס עומדת במרכז הדיון של מאמר זה הטקסט נכתב בשנת 1936 כעיבוד מחודש ופירוש של זיכרון ישן של פרויד הכתוב בצורת איגרת המוקדשת ליום הולדתו ה-70 של רומן רולן. הטקסט הקצר של פרויד מציע ניתוח פסיכואנליטי... more
Recent scholarship recognizes the particular importance of questions of individual and collective identity in framing the history of international law. Legal biography has emerged of late as a key mode of historical analysis for... more
There are many ways in which a Jew can express Jewish identity. One of these is, by living according to the guidelines of halakha-the normative aspect of Torah as explicated by scholarly rabbis. Different understandings of halakha will... more
Book review of "Reclaiming Our Forgotten Heritage" by Curt Landry (Thomas Nelson, 2019). Review published December 13, 2018.
The aim of this paper is to analyze Josephus’ geographical use of the terms Idumea (Ἰδουμαία) and Idumeans (Ἰδουμαῖοι) in Antiquitates Iudaicae books I-XI. To Josephus, the Idumeans were the descendants of Esau; more precisely, he saw... more
In his first novel (Lenta Biografia) Chejfec told the story of an unsuccessful transmission of the familial memory and of the Ashquenazi culture. He then dealt with the progressive disappearance of the Jewish traditions and culture within... more
Around the world today we find several ways of belonging, of which full conversion is one option. Entire communities see themselves as Jewish without being formally recognized as such.
Catalogue essay for the 2016 exhibition, 'William Rothenstein and his circle' (Ben Uri Gallery, London)
This article examines the strategies by which the polylingual and multicultural writings of Clarice Lispector and Joyce Mansour de-essentialize belonging. I argue that both authors transform different aspects of belonging, whether their... more