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  • HOME
  • JUDAISM
    • SUGYA OF THE MONTH: Shattering Preconceptions in BT Chagigah 26a
    • The Price of Piety
  • PHILOSOPHY
    • History, Tradition, and Understanding in Gadamer’s Truth and Method
  • ART
    • Jasper Johns
    • FEATURED ARTIST: Daniela Krausz, Washington University in St. Louis
    • Color: A Question – A Visual Analysis of “Untitled No. 124”
  • CULTURE
    • Trimmings
    • Television Review: Why I’m Not Going to Waste My Breath Telling You to Watch The Leftovers Even if I’m Sure You’d Like it
    • Gendering Religious Experience: A Reflection
  • HISTORY & POLITICS
    • On Egypt
    • The Occupation Is….
    • Blood in Jerusalem: The Conflict in a Conversation
  • ABOUT
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Blood in Jerusalem: The Conflict in a Conversation

Celeste Marcus May 4, 2017

Celeste Marcus, University of Pennsylvania  Hannah Bladon was on her way into Jerusalem to celebrate Easter when she was stabbed to death by Jamil Tamimi. Hannah attended Rothberg International School at Hebrew University, where I …

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The Occupation Is….

Celeste Marcus May 3, 2017

Jonathan Deluty, Columbia University In the winter of 2013, we were patrolling a poor Palestinian village, Deir al Asal, in the South Hebron Hills, just over the green line in Area A. The village was …

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The Price of Piety

Celeste Marcus April 30, 2017

Hannah, Harvard University  My family, unlike so many others, thank God has never been without a home or basic necessities.  However, we are far from the wealthiest family in the Greater Philadelphia area Jewish community. …

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Jasper Johns

Celeste Marcus April 30, 2017

Noa Baker, University of Pennsylvania Hanging in a room devoted exclusively to Jasper Johns, in the center of the PMA’s modern art department, hangs “4Leo.” Is it a painting? Yet the monochromatic work hardly has …

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On Egypt

Celeste Marcus April 30, 2017

Anonymous Just under a month after Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi’s visit to the United States, a global figure has decided to go the other way; Pope Francis is currently visiting Egypt, the nation …

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Trimmings

Celeste Marcus April 30, 2017

Rebecca Heilweil, University of Pennsylvania  I used to write novels; narratives negotiated with the fantasy trilogies atop  my childhood shelves. youth bartered onto a page: blooming. this year i dreamt up nightmares: trimmed  to the length of …

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Color: A Question – A Visual Analysis of “Untitled No. 124”

Celeste Marcus April 30, 2017

  Noa Baker, University of Pennsylvania  Have you ever paused to consider what the world would look like if the world was a different pallet? The trees yellow, or the sky red? Callum Innes explores …

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FEATURED ARTIST: Daniela Krausz, Washington University in St. Louis

Celeste Marcus April 30, 2017

Daniela Krausz, Washington University in St. Louis The following playlist is coming to you at a crucial time and it’s here to save your butt. Finals are approaching, you’re stress-eating subpar dining hall food, and …

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Gendering Religious Experience: A Reflection

Celeste Marcus April 30, 2017

Elana Burack, University of Pennsylvania On any given Friday night, you can find me on the third floor of Penn Hillel in the Conservative Jewish Community’s (CJC) evening services. You’ll see me swaying and singing …

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SUGYA OF THE MONTH: Shattering Preconceptions in BT Chagigah 26a

Celeste Marcus April 30, 2017

David Quintas, Columbia University  Most of my experience learning the final chapter of Tractate Chagigah was an extremely frustrating one. The chapter primarily deals with Tumah and Tahara, laws of ritual purity and impurity. The …

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