Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

August 27, 2015

NEWS Reading the Talmud in a Most Unlikely Place — Iran's Holy City Larry Cohler-Esses      Larry Cohler-Esses journeyed to Qom expecting to find mosques and universities steeped in Sharia law. He found a small but vibrant Jewish studies department that is almost unknown outside of the Islamic Republic.   OPINION When Orthodox and Evangelicals Align Jane Eisner      The new Pew report on the Orthodox is (another) wake up call for American Jews. Jane Eisner asks if we can build a tolerant and vibrant community when the fastest-growing group of Jews is so demonstrably different from everyone else.   CULTURE The Wagner Opera That's OK for Jews To Love A.J. Goldmann      It is no accident that ‘Tristan und Isolde’ was Exhibit A for breaking Israel’s ban on Richard Wagner’s music. A.J. Goldmann writes it’s hard not to like the opera that opened this year’s Bayreuth Festival.     SISTERHOOD Erasing Women From Photos — and the Conversation Elana Stzokman      A debate among Orthodox men on the removal of women’s images from public spaces and media leads Elana Stokzman to offer a subversive suggestion. Add a woman’s voice to the discussion.

 

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