A Lesson for Yom Kippur
The Cottage of Candles
Filed in Religion | September 29, 2006
A lesson for Yom Kippur from The Tree of Souls.
Filed in Religion | September 29, 2006
A lesson for Yom Kippur from The Tree of Souls.
Filed in Religion | September 29, 2006
A poem is excerpted from the book Jews in America by Hasia R. Diner. It recounts the tale of Hank Greenberg, a baseball legend, who put his religion before baseball when he went to synagogue instead of playing the Yankees in 1934.
Filed in History & Literature & Media | September 28, 2006
Women in Literature, a look at Maya Angelou.
Filed in Anthropology & Religion & Western Religion | September 28, 2006
An excerpt from Philip Jenkins new book, The New Faces of Christianity.
Filed in Lexicography & Oxford Etymologist | September 27, 2006
By Anatoly Liberman
Some time ago I received a question about the origin of the
word macabre. This adjective first turned up in Old French, in the phrase dance
macabre. The story begins with the fresco of the Dance Macabre
painted in 1424 in the Church of the Innocents at Paris. The English poet and monk John Lydgate
(the approximate [...]
Filed in Anthropology & Health | September 27, 2006
OUP author Rosanna Hertz answers some questions about her new book, Single By Chance, Mothers By Choice.
Filed in Ben's Place of the Week | September 26, 2006
Ben’s Place of the week is Santa Cruz, California.
Filed in Film | September 26, 2006
OUP author Nicole Rafter weighs in on The Inside Man and heist films in general.
Filed in Biography & Literature | September 25, 2006
A profile of Gwendolyn Brooks.
Filed in Current Events & Law & Politics | September 25, 2006
Geoffrey Stone kicks off a debate with Judge Richard Posner.