James M. Thomas is Associate Professor of Sociology and Anthropology at the University of Mississippi. This interview is based on his new book, The Souls of Jewish Folk: W. E. B. Du Bois, Anti-Semitism, and the Color Line (University of […]
Judaism
The Author’s Corner with Brian Ogren
Brian Ogren is Associate Professor of Judaic Studies at Rice University. This interview is based on his new book, Kabbalah and the Founding of America: The Early Influence of Jewish Thought in the New World (New York University Press, 2021). […]
What do Jewish texts say about abortion?
Whatever one thinks about the recent Texas abortion law, this piece by Rachel Mikva of Chicago Theological Seminary reminds us that not all religious people believe that life begins at the fetus’s heartbeat. Here is a taste of her piece […]