JQR 115.2 is now available, online and in print.
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Christian Stadel identifies a Syriac source for a passage in the Aramaic Scroll of Antiochus, thereby characterizing the text as a more complex composition than previously assumed.
Sam Shuman’s essay Of Mice and Hasidic Men: Reb Shayele as Populist Patron Saint in our latest issue opens new worlds of understanding at the juncture of faith, magic, and Haredi popular culture. The article unveils the remarkable story of an ultra-Orthodox figure known as Reb Shayele (né Yeshaya Steiner in 1851 near the Hungarian-Galician border).
JQR 115.1 is now available, online and in print.
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The following is adapted from Anne Albert’s introduction to the forum in our pages.
JQR 114.4 is now available, online and in print.
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JQR 114.3 is now available, online and in print.
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Elyashiv Cherlow brings new light to the provenance of a passage of the Jerusalem Talmud based on newly identified Cairo Geniza manuscript fragments.
In the months following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Katz Center joined with the Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture and other research centers in an initiative to support colleagues in Ukraine—Jewish studies scholars, archivists, and others—who were seeking to continue their work under dangerous, unpredictable, and under-resourced conditions.
JQR 114.2 is now available, online and in print.
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Hanan Mazeh dissects a key passage in the Palestinian Talmud concerning land ownership that shows rabbis using the law—Jewish and Roman—to grapple with competing claims to territory. This essay is FREE to read and download without a subscription through July 15, 2024.
JQR 114.1 is now available, online* and in print.
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JQR debuts a new look! The journal has been redesigned inside and out, reflecting our legacy of producing the best in Jewish studies past and present.
JQR 113.4 is now available, online and in print.
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