What is Spinoza’s Philosophy? Ian Buruma’s 2024 “Spinoza: Freedom’s Messiah,” a significant addition to Jewish studies, is published by Yale University Press. This book is a comprehensive introduction ...

Praise for the tenets of Baruch Spinoza, the tercentenary of whose birth occurred on Thursday, is expressed in a message sent by Professor Albert Einstein to the Spinoza Institute of America. The ...

AMSTERDAM (JTA) – More than 350 years after this city’s Portuguese Jewish community excommunicated Baruch Spinoza and banned his writings for eternity, the philosopher’s books are for sale at the ...

Students, scholars, and members of the Stroum Center for Jewish Studies filled Kane Hall 225 Oct. 29 to celebrate the book ...

Key works about Spinoza’s critical role in the formation of modern Jewish identity Arguably, no historical thinker has had as varied and fractious a reception within modern Judaism as Baruch (Benedict ...

More than 350 years after this city’s Portuguese Jewish community excommunicated Baruch Spinoza and banned his writings for eternity, the philosopher’s books are for sale at the souvenir shop of the ...

In a sense, Rebecca Goldstein – author of “Betraying Spinoza” – has spent her life committing acts of betrayal. She betrayed her Orthodox Jewish background by choosing to study philosophy. Early in ...

Around our house, Irvin D. Yalom is a familiar name, and for more than one reason. I first heard about Yalom, author of “Love’s Executioner,” from my wife, Ann, who explained where he fits in the ...