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Why Religion? A Personal Story By Elaine Pagels Why Religion? is partly a memoir, and partly the record of a personal struggle over the spiritual questions that trouble us all. I’ve not quite finished reading it, but the story … Continue reading
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Israel, Jews And The World: An Opportunity for Repair and Redemption in the 21st Century By Gina Ross The above title is not quite a book, but is a little longer than a pamphlet. And this present column is not … Continue reading
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Daniel Deronda by George Eliot (1876) This is an English novel from the days before Freud, Nietzsche, Darwin and Marx substituted their own reductionist theories for the day-to-day reality from which real-life stories arise for most of us. It’s likely … Continue reading
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On Democracies and Death Cults: Israel and the Future of Civilization by Douglas Murray Some years ago, I had a dream that appeared to be a scene from a past life. I am not claiming it was that, only that … Continue reading
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Philosopher of the Heart: The Restless Life of Soren Kierkegaard by Clare Carlisle This is a biography of Kierkegaard, written by a woman philosopher. It tells the well-known story of his jilted fiancée, and just about everything else you might … Continue reading
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The Original Bambi: The Story of a Life in the Forest By Felix Salten, translated & introduced by Jack Zipes, illustrated by Alenka Sottler. Bambi was the first book I truly loved when it was read to me as a … Continue reading
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Wired for Love: A Neuroscientist’s Journey through Romance, Loss, and the Essence of the Human Condition By Stephanie Cacioppo This is one of a succession of books, based on neuroscience, that I’ve been reading over the past month or two. Neuroscience … Continue reading
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The Sunflower: On the Possibilities and Limits of Forgiveness By Simon Wiesenthal Last week, we shared a few of the invited comments on an incident recollected in Wiesenthal’s memoir. Wiesenthal is a prisoner in a succession of concentration camps. He … Continue reading
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The Sunflower: On the Possibilities and Limits of Forgiveness By Simon Wiesenthal The author was a young Jewish prisoner in a Nazi concentration camp, in conditions of near starvation, slated for death by heavy labor. Other, mostly Jewish prisoners had … Continue reading
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Abbie is away this week getting treatments in California. This review was posted on October 19, 2021, but continues to be timely. People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present By Dara Horn The only other book by Dara … Continue reading
