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Tag: Paul Mendes Flohr

0 Politics Culture

The “Carets & Sticks” Edition

Promised Podcast · 31 Oct

Miriam Herschlag and Noah Efron discuss the implications of Israel's recent military action against Iran and the influence of pro-Palestinian editors on Wikipedia content about Israel and Zionism.

0 Philosophy History

Paul Mendes-Flohr, Israeli-American authority on Martin Buber, dies at 83

Andrew Silow-Carroll in JTA · 29 Oct

Paul Mendes-Flohr, a renowned Israeli-American scholar, passed away at 83.

0 History Philosophy

A world-class scholar and mensch is gone — we can't let his dream die with him

Sam Brody in Forward · 25 Oct

Paul Mendes-Flohr, a preeminent scholar of German-Jewish intellectual history and the foremost expert on Martin Buber, passed away on Shemini Atzeret in 2023.

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Jewish Lives · 21 Jul 2022

Martin Buber was a prominent Jewish thinker in the 20th century.

0 History Politics

Why is America Different?

The Price and Promise of Jewish Emancipation in Sources · 18 Mar 2022

Paul Mendes-Flohr explores the exceptional experience of Jews in the United States, contrasting it with the prolonged struggle for Jewish emancipation in Europe.

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Martin Buber: A Beautiful Mind?

Tel Aviv Review · 22 Jun 2020

In "Martin Buber: A Life of Faith and Dissent," Paul Mendes-Flohr delves into the life of Jewish philosopher Martin Buber, tracing his trajectory from a multilingual intellectual in the declining Habsburg empire to a critic of the Israeli government.

0 History Philosophy

Martin Buber: A Beautiful Mind?

Tel Aviv Review · 22 Jun 2020

Paul Mendes-Flohr's biography, "Martin Buber: A Life of Faith and Dissent," delves into the life of the Jewish philosopher Martin Buber, tracing his evolution from a cosmopolitan intellectual in the Habsburg empire to a prominent figure of political dissent in Israel.

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A Life of Dialogue

Yoav Schaefer in Jewish Review of Books · 17 Dec 2019

Paul Mendes-Flohr's biography of Martin Buber, the first in English in over 30 years, delves into the philosopher's life and thought, contextualizing his writings within early 20th-century European and German Jewish intellectual spheres.