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Jonathan L. Milevsky

Nov 7, 2022, 5:52 PM

William Samuel and Friend (Image from the Ontario Jewish Archives)

A recurring theme in my research on Jewish thought is the association between Jews and non-Jews. The relationship between Jews and their non-Jewish neighbours finds expression not just in rabbinic law, but also in medieval, Early Modern, and Modern...

Mar 14, 2022, 11:08 PM

A Holiday for Our Lower Nature

As a student of religion, I wonder why it is that the two least Jewish behaviors take place at the same time. On the surface, evoking old hatred and erasing names from history does not accord with a religion...

Aug 22, 2018, 7:06 AM

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Reclaiming Clementine

If you didn't sing about apples dipped in honey for a sweet new year, did Rosh Hashanah happen?

Mar 9, 2018, 6:35 AM

Six days you shall do your work, and on the seventh they shall rest: Resolving the conflict over Sabbath observance

This article is the outgrowth of an email I began writing to Professor Shlomo Avineri. Professor Avineri was my upstairs neighbour when I was living in Israel as a child, and I have corresponded with him over the years....

About Me

Jonathan Milevsky holds a PhD in Religious Studies from McMaster University in Hamilton Ontario and is a Distinguished Fellow at the Broughton Park Dialogue Group in the U.K. His book, Understanding the Evolving Meaning of Reason in David Novak's Natural Law Theory (Brill) is out later this week.