The author discusses the skepticism around the miracle of the oil lasting for eight days during Hanukkah and the denial of miracles in general in the context of the Enlightenment.

"The Professor of Apocalypse" by Jerry Muller is a biography that explores the life of Jacob Taubes, a Jewish thinker who had a significant impact on 20th-century thought.

The Frankfurt Lehrhaus, or Free Jewish House of Learning, was established by Franz Rosenzweig in 1920 as a new model of adult Jewish education for Western Jews who were distant from their Jewish heritage.

Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur are traditionally times for prayer and introspection, seeking atonement and blessings for the coming year.

The text discusses the American culture as a unique entity influenced by restlessness, risk-taking, and a sense of journeying rather than settling.

In 1913, Franz Rosenzweig, a young German Jewish scholar, underwent a transformative experience that led him from academic relativism to religious faith and back to Judaism, becoming one of modern Judaism's influential thinkers.

In a symposium on Jewish belief, Commentary Magazine highlighted the influence of Franz Rosenzweig, a German Jew whose essay "The Builders" provided a meaningful non-Orthodox perspective on Jewish law, emphasizing the transformation of law into personal commandment through practice.