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September 17, 2018

“Sharing Sacred Spaces in Jerusalem: Between Contestation and Tolerance”

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One cannot find a more suitable laboratory to study conflicts or peaceful sharing over holy places than Jerusalem, a sacred city for the three Abrahamic faiths: Judaism, Christianity and...

October 4, 2018

"Rabbinic Drinking: Learning Themes in Rabbinic Literature Through the...

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Though classical rabbinic texts are fundamental to understanding the history and evolution of Judaism, they are also quite complex and daunting for the novice to read. Rabbinic literature...

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