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Brian Amkraut

Apr 2, 2026, 4:18 AM

Passover Reflections: Between love of Israel and love of Judaism

Despite nearly continuous potentially existentially disagreements within the Jewish world, probably the last time there was an irrevocable split among different factions occurred at a time scholars described as the Karaite schism – when a sect of Jews rejected...

Oct 23, 2024, 10:54 PM

Among the nations or apart from them?

Radical independence and the historical Zionist attitude towards international approval

Sep 25, 2024, 11:44 PM

Are We Moving Towards a Neo-Diasporism?

A potential outcome of the Millennial/GenZ Response to October 6 As often happens with major historical events, October 7 accelerated some ideological, political, and social trends that had been brewing for some time, whether openly or slightly below the surface....

About Me

Brian Amkraut is a Vice Provost at the University of Mount Saint Vincent in the Bronx, NY. Trained as Jewish historian, he has held faculty and academic leadership positions at universities in Cleveland and New York.