News & Politics
On The Use And Misuse Of Literature In Israeli Politics
How literary misinterpretations have colored political discourse in Israel.
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Shai Afsai
Shai Afsai (shaiafsai.com) lives in Providence. His writing has focused on Thomas Paine, Jews and Freemasonry, Zionist historiography, religious traditions of the Beta Yisrael Jewish community from Ethiopia, emerging Judaism in Nigeria, aliyah from R.I., Jewish pilgrimage to Ukraine, Benjamin Franklin’s influence on Judaism, Jewish-Polish relations, Jews and Irish literature, and Judaism in Northern Ireland.
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Reflections On The Jewish Culture Festival in Kraków
Reflections on the 29th Jewish Culture Festival in Poland.
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September 09, 2022
Book Club
Reflections On Reading Bruno Schulz
Years ago, there was a small bookshop on Thayer Street in Providence, Rhode Island, near Brown University’s campus, called College Hill Bookstore. It had late hours – I recall the...
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March 17, 2022
Inspiring People
The Reverend Of Belfast’s Jewish Community
A conversation with the Reverend of the last Jewish house of worship remaining in Northern Ireland.
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December 28, 2020
Interviews With Wise People Of Today
How Rabbi Klein Used Jewish Ethics To Help Rehabilitate Inmates
Rabbi Klein uses a combination of musar and the teachings of Benjamin Franklin to help prison inmates on their path to rehabilitation.
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