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Book Review: The Grammar Of Messianism: An Ancient Jewish Political Idiom And Its Users, David B. Levy Jan 2017

Book Review: The Grammar Of Messianism: An Ancient Jewish Political Idiom And Its Users, David B. Levy

Touro College Libraries Publications and Research

The author reviews the book The Grammar of Messianism: An Ancient Jewish Political Idiom and Its Users.


Public Health Measures Derived From The Jewish Tradition: Ii. Washing And Cleaning, Noam Zeffren, Tova Chien, Robert Stern Jan 2017

Public Health Measures Derived From The Jewish Tradition: Ii. Washing And Cleaning, Noam Zeffren, Tova Chien, Robert Stern

Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine (New York) Publications and Research

The authors discuss public health measures that are described in the Torah and rabbinic literature, focusing on hand washing and cleaning.


Divine Providence And Free Will, Stanley Boylan Jan 2016

Divine Providence And Free Will, Stanley Boylan

New York School for Career and Applied Studies (NYSCAS) Publications and Research

The author responds to a recent article ("God, Man, Chaos and Control: How God Might Control the Universe") by Dr. Alan Kadish. He refers to Special Divine Action, determinism, and free will, particularly as they are discussed in Judaism.


Public Health Measures Derived From The Jewish Tradition, Noam Zeffren, Tova Chein, Robert Stern Jan 2016

Public Health Measures Derived From The Jewish Tradition, Noam Zeffren, Tova Chein, Robert Stern

Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine (New York) Publications and Research

The authors discuss public health measures that are described in the Torah and rabbinic literature.


Response To Letters To The Editor, Alan H. Kadish Jan 2016

Response To Letters To The Editor, Alan H. Kadish

Office of the President Publications and Research

The author responds to letters to the editor about his article "God, Man, Chaos and Control: How God Might Control the Universe."


Intermarriage In The Early Modern Period, Judith Bleich Jan 2015

Intermarriage In The Early Modern Period, Judith Bleich

Graduate School of Jewish Studies Publications and Research

The author discusses the history of intermarriage and Jews.


Book Review: New Heavens And A New Earth: The Jewish Reception Of Copernican Thought, David B. Levy Jan 2015

Book Review: New Heavens And A New Earth: The Jewish Reception Of Copernican Thought, David B. Levy

Touro College Libraries Publications and Research

The author reviews the book New Heavens and a New Earth: The Jewish Reception of Copernican Thought.


God, Man, Chaos And Control: How God Might Control The Universe, Alan H. Kadish Jan 2015

God, Man, Chaos And Control: How God Might Control The Universe, Alan H. Kadish

Office of the President Publications and Research

The purpose of this article is to review the problem of free will and divine intervention from the prism of Jewish sources, within the context of modern science. Among the many lenses the Jewish tradition provides for us to frame history is the division between times of open miracles and hidden miracles. The Bible is full of open miracles, divine revelation, and prophecies. Whereas there is controversy among rabbinic scholars and theologians about whether the miracles happened through natural or supernatural forces, either way, the miracles were still immediately recognizable as acts of God. However, since the destruction of the …