Posts Tagged: Gershom Scholem
New York Times Erroneously Claims ‘Jewish Time Is Circular’
A New York Times book review begins: When I was a student in yeshiva, I asked one of the rabbis why Jews talk so much. We...
Choose Your Side: The New York Times or Judaism
"How long halt ye between two opinions?" - 1 Kings 18:21 American Jewry is often said to be divided between those who judge Judaism by...
John Lennon and the Jews: A Philosophical Rampage (REVIEW)
John Lennon and the Jews: A Philosophical Rampage, by Ze'ev Maghen (Amazon.com, 2011). Gershom Scholem, the Leviathan of Jewish mysticism and influential professor at Hebrew...
Another False Messiah, Shabtai Zvi
The fast on the Ninth of Av, Tisha B'Av, commemorates both the Babylonian and the Roman destructions of Jerusalem and the First Temple, ...