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Revisited: Abigail’s Brilliant Career
Early this afternoon – just when I was about to take that rueful look in the rearview mirror promised in the title of this column – Jerry called my attention to something on the Internet that surprised me a … Continue reading
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Tagged a woman’s real career, a woman’s unseen career, Abigail’s marriage gets in the papers, academic politics, academic tenure, anonymity as urban skill, antisemitism and denial, antisemitism at Brooklyn College, believing a damaging lie, blaming the whistleblower, brilliant career, Brooklyn College, brothers who are bullies, defamatory fictions, defamatory fictions believed, defending the Brooklyn College core, defending the core curriculum, digital footprint, editorial in The New York Post, failing to defeat defamation, failing to fight the new antisemitism, female self image, fighting defamation, fighting for academic standards, fighting slander, fighting the new antisemitism, fired for voting wrong, former allies turning their backs, former colleagues’ indifference to antisemitism, heaven protects the working girl, historical assignment of the Jews, improbable victories in academe, internet reviews, invisibility as a skill, Jerry L. Martin defending excellence in higher ed, Jewish memory, Jews and preserving the record, life in the rear view mirror, life revisited, Manhattan as hometown, Muslim girls, Muslim women’s unseen tragedies, online reputation, ousting a predator, personal integrity, philosophic frontiers, philosophic frontiers and familiar streets, preserving personal integrity, Reform temple, reputation in multiple fields, scandal waiting to happen, self image of woman intellectual, self image of woman philosopher, slandering the resister to unfair control, the old neighborhood, the old neighborhood and life-memories, the past revisited, uncured social wounds, uncured wounds for the whistleblower, unseen in a crowd, winning reinstatement, woman’s self-image, women’s unseen tragedies, wounds to reputation, write up in The Chronicle of Higher Education, write up in The Jewish Daily Forward, write up in The New York Post
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How Can We Know If It’s God?
How Can We Know If It’s God? Are we making a big mistake? Couldn’t it be Tom, Dick, or Susie instead? Well, no. Those three friends are all palpable, visible, leave imprints when they sit on the couch, chat about … Continue reading
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Tagged Abigail L. Rosenthal's "A Good Look at Evil", academic evaluation, academic grievance, academic politics, academic tenure, accessing circumstances, arbitration hearing, astral bodies, atheists, coincidence, communication overload, conceptual rigidity, confronting one's culture, confronting one's situation, contemporary communication, divine authority, divine ecstasy, divine signs, divine vision, divine visitation, Divine witness, divine/human interactions, escapist fantasies, escapist flight, faculty union, getting fired, ideal world, Jewish angels, Jewish calendar, Jewish essence v Jewish existence, Jewish relation to God, Jewish time, linear time, openness to God's direction, personal relationship with God, prayer guidance, prayer-guided life, problematic of history, prophetic claims, providential messaging, reasons for atheism, recognizing God, religious acculturation, retroactive confirmation, risk and certainty, the God question, theological mistakes, unconscious projection, Ur of the Chaldees., Willie Nelson
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The Paranormal and Me
The Paranormal and Me If by “the paranormal” is meant the field of reality that comprises effects not linked to causes by any known physical laws — and if the missing links are likely found in consciousness – then the … Continue reading
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