With Love, ; An Interdisciplinary And Intersectional Look At Why Creativity Is Essential, 2024 Whittier College
With Love, ; An Interdisciplinary And Intersectional Look At Why Creativity Is Essential, Theo Starr Gardner
Whittier Scholars Program
My Whittier Scholars Program self-designed major, Teaching Creativity, is a mixture of Art, Literature, and Education classes. My research and praxis classes have been focused on the ‘how?’s and 'why?’s of creativity, so it felt only right that my project should be a constructivist, generative project. The project I have been working on throughout my time at Whittier, and that has just fully come to fruition on April 11th, 2024, was a solo art gallery/open mic event entitled ‘With Love,’. With Love, was conceptually inspired by the research I’ve conducted on creativity and creative arts education over the past few …
Mussar And Esotericism In Revolutionary Russia, 2024 Portland State University
Mussar And Esotericism In Revolutionary Russia, Martin Zwick
Systems Science Faculty Publications and Presentations
This paper is an introductory comparative look at teachings of two spiritual figures in pre-revolutionary and revolutionary Russia: Rav Yoseph Yozel (Horowitz) and George Gurdjieff. Yozel founded the Novarodok school of Mussar; Gurdjieff founded the spiritual tradition known as “the Work” or “Fourth Way.” There are of course great differences between the Jewish tradition of Mussar, whose literature dates back to the Mishnah but which as a social movement was launched by Rabbi Israel Salantar in the late 19th century, and the Work, with its affinities to Eastern Christianity, Buddhism, and Sufism but with no apparent connection to Judaism. …
“The Scepter Shall Not Depart From Judah”: Jews And Imperial Power In Benjamin Of Tudela’S Book Of Travels, 2024 Binghamton University, SUNY
“The Scepter Shall Not Depart From Judah”: Jews And Imperial Power In Benjamin Of Tudela’S Book Of Travels, Azriel Elul
Binghamton University Undergraduate Journal
This paper, written as a final project for Professor Shay Rabineau's class “Walking the Land,” examines the relationship of medieval Jews to the imperial powers to which they were subject, as expressed in Benjamin of Tudela's Book of Travels. It focuses on the two imperial cores of Rome and Baghdad, and contextualizes the representation of these two cities within the world of imperial power in which the text was produced. As a work of medieval travel literature, I analyze the Book of Travels not as a factual account of history, but rather as a discursive and imaginative text which …
An Evaluation Of The Book Of Hosea And Its Impact For Our Lives Today, 2024 Bowling Green State University
An Evaluation Of The Book Of Hosea And Its Impact For Our Lives Today, Nathan Fulton
Honors Projects
The book of Hosea provides a rich story of the life of the prophet Hosea and the constant woes of the nation of Israel. Through analysis of commentaries from past theologians and modern psychological studies, the contents of Hosea will be reinforced as viable literature to learn from. Despite belief in the historical legitimacy of the book, through research, we find humanity’s deepest desire is to be fully loved and fully known. Analysis of attachment theory and Maslow’s Hierarchy of needs show us that the story of Hosea demonstrates our insecurities and the proper response to them.
Turn It And Turn It Again: The Talmud, Ethics, And #Metoo, 2024 The Center for Jewish Ethics, Reconstructionist Rabbinical College
Turn It And Turn It Again: The Talmud, Ethics, And #Metoo, Mira Beth Wasserman
Journal of Textual Reasoning
No abstract provided.
The Student As “Ethical Prompt”, 2024 Jewish Theological Seminary
The Student As “Ethical Prompt”, Marjorie Lehman
Journal of Textual Reasoning
No abstract provided.
Moving Torah Into The Street, 2024 William & Mary
Moving Torah Into The Street, Aryeh Cohen
Journal of Textual Reasoning
No abstract provided.
Responding Together: Devotion And Solidarity In B. Ta’Anit 10a–11a, 2024 Stanford University
Responding Together: Devotion And Solidarity In B. Ta’Anit 10a–11a, Ariel Evan Mayse
Journal of Textual Reasoning
No abstract provided.
Appetite For Udders: The Return Of The Repressed Mother In B. Hullin 109a–110b, 2024 Columbia University
Appetite For Udders: The Return Of The Repressed Mother In B. Hullin 109a–110b, Beth Berkowitz
Journal of Textual Reasoning
No abstract provided.
Murder By Shunning, 2024 Reconstructionist Rabbinical College
Talmud Lomar The Ethical: A Return To The Original Stamma, 2024 Pardes Institute of Jewish Studies & Yeshivat Maale Gilboa
Talmud Lomar The Ethical: A Return To The Original Stamma, Elisha Anscelovits
Journal of Textual Reasoning
No abstract provided.
Ethics And The Public Reading Of Scripture: B. Megillah 30b–31a On The Haftarot For Annual Holidays, 2024 University of Texas at Austin
Ethics And The Public Reading Of Scripture: B. Megillah 30b–31a On The Haftarot For Annual Holidays, Jonathan Wyn Schofer
Journal of Textual Reasoning
No abstract provided.
When Losers Weep: Interpersonal Responsibility In Bava Metzi’A 24b, 2024 Towson University
When Losers Weep: Interpersonal Responsibility In Bava Metzi’A 24b, Deborah Barer
Journal of Textual Reasoning
No abstract provided.
Introduction, 2024 Towson University
Introduction, Deborah Barer, Ariel Evan Mayse
Journal of Textual Reasoning
No abstract provided.
Paul Celan And The Processes Of Survival In Post-Shoah Jewish Writing, 2024 Jacksonville State University
Paul Celan And The Processes Of Survival In Post-Shoah Jewish Writing, Ari Savage
Theses
The following is a study of the poetry of Paul Celan as a representation of psychological and social processes present in the written works of Shoah survivors. It begins with an analysis of the place of writing in Jewish culture, then identifies three primary processes which operate in sequence: alienation, individuation, and integration. By examining Paul Celan’s highly personal and autobiographical texts in the context of his life experience as a Shoah survivor it is possible to discern the social and psychological forces at work which compel survivors to express their traumas in written form, and to gain a better …
On Dialogue And Beyond: Positive Environmental Peacebuilding In Palestine, 2024 College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University
On Dialogue And Beyond: Positive Environmental Peacebuilding In Palestine, Elsa Barron
The Journal of Social Encounters
In Palestine, environmental management has been used as a tool of military occupation and oppression. Yet even within that context, many community-based organizations have established programs relating to environmental peacebuilding. Of these initiatives, environmental dialogue programs have received significant attention and resources, even more so since the war in Gaza began in October, 2023. However, a deeper interrogation of these programs reveals the danger that dialogue and collaboration devoid of a critical analysis of power and injustice further perpetuates systemic oppression. Moving these programs into the realm of positive environmental peacebuilding requires a willingness to engage in this structural analysis. …
Sects, Lies, And Videotape: Debunking Deadly Tropes About Jews And Israel In Tv, Film And Media, 2024 Truman State University
Sects, Lies, And Videotape: Debunking Deadly Tropes About Jews And Israel In Tv, Film And Media, Dereck Daschke
Journal of Religion & Film
The "Beyond Film" panel, "Sects, Lies, and Videotape: Debunking deadly tropes about Jews and Israel in TV, film and media" occurred at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival. This is a summary of the presentation.
Antisemitism & Vampires: The Surprising Roots Of A Popular Cultural Monster, 2024 Clark University
Antisemitism & Vampires: The Surprising Roots Of A Popular Cultural Monster, Hannah Ross
English
This essay was for Justin Shaw’s fall 2023 English major capstone class. The essay examines antisemitism and vampires, specifically Bram Stoker’s novel Dracula, John Polidori’s short story The Vampyre; A Tale, and the episode “Monster Movie” from the TV show Supernatural through the lens of antisemitic stereotypes. By looking at the literary history of the vampire one can trace its physical antisemitic stereotypes and the influence of fear of the “other” with reverse-colonization by Jews. Starting with historically classic 19th century texts and ending with a modern day television show, it is evident that the antisemitic physical stereotypes …
Lost & Found (Game Series) [Book Chapter], 2024 Rochester Institute of Technology
Lost & Found (Game Series) [Book Chapter], Owen Gottlieb
Articles
Description of game series for use in the classroom with best practices.
Who’S Afraid Of Anne Frank? Or Why White Supremacists Should Fear This Book, 2024 University of Washington
Who’S Afraid Of Anne Frank? Or Why White Supremacists Should Fear This Book, Laura S. Brown
Journal of Critical Race and Ethnic Studies
No abstract provided.