The text recounts a personal interaction with Gershom Scholem, a prominent Jewish scholar of mysticism, at an event in Jerusalem. Scholem's interest in surna...

In "State or Substate?", Dmitry Shumsky explores the idea of nonstatist Zionism, focusing on major Jewish figures like Judah Magnes and Martin Buber who envi...

Allan Arkush reflects on his personal encounters with two renowned Israeli authors, Shmuel Yosef Agnon and Amos Oz, and the lasting impressions they left on ...

Allan Arkush discusses his experience with the book "Yirimiyahu be-Tzion: The Religion and Politics of Judah Leib Magnes" by David Barak-Gorodetsky. The book...

Allan Arkush reflects on his familial ties to Kiev through his grandparents, Shmuel and Minnie Squire, whose lives were deeply rooted in the Kiev guberniya b...

In "Jacob & Esau: Jewish European History Between Nation and Empire," Malachi Haim Hacohen explores the enduring rivalry between Jacob and Esau as a lens for...

Allan Arkush reflects on the significance of a book he discovered at the Brandeis Book Stall in Brookline, Massachusetts: Jacob Katz's "The Shabbes Goy: A St...

Allan Arkush reflects on the life and influence of Rabbi Avraham Karelitz, known as the Hazon Ish, through the lens of a chance encounter and Benjamin Brown'...

In "Seventy Years in the Desert" by Yael Zerubavel and Pnina Motzafi-Haller, attention is drawn to the complex history and dynamics of Jewish settlement and ...

The author reflects on his time spent browsing used bookstores in Dallas in the 1980s and shares memorable encounters related to finding books like Henry For...