Jenna Weissman Joselit
Contributor at Tablet Magazine
Professor of Judaic studies & of history; director of Master's Program in Experiential Education & Jewish Cultural Arts, & of MA in Jewish Cultural Arts at GW
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1 month ago |
jewishreviewofbooks.com | Jenna Weissman Joselit |Akiva Schick |Matthue Roth |Shai Secunda
Purim—the whole shebang, from the ancient story on which the holiday is based to the contemporary ways in which it’s celebrated—always struck me as raucous and overegged. After seeing the Jewish Museum’s latest revelation of an exhibition, The Book of Esther in the Age of Rembrandt, I just might change my mind.
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2 months ago |
tabletmag.com | Jenna Weissman Joselit
People vote with their feet, or so we’ve been repeatedly told. If the latest presidential election is any indication, people also vote with their stomachs. According to just about every political pundit given to Monday morning quarterbacking in the wake of Donald Trump’s victory, the high price of groceries—$7 and change for a container of cream cheese, $10 for a box of breakfast cereal—catapulted voters in his direction.
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Oct 13, 2024 |
tabletmag.com | Jenna Weissman Joselit
American Jews once liked to pray. They may not have regularly attended Sabbath services or kept the dietary laws, but offering up a few good words to the Almighty was a common practice of theirs during the closing years of the 19th century and the opening years of the 20th.No Jewish organizational gathering or communal celebration took place without evoking His sheltering presence.
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Aug 8, 2024 |
tabletmag.com | Jenna Weissman Joselit
For years, Tisha B’Av, the fast day commemorating the destruction of the First and Second Temples that falls when summer is in full swing, was the loneliest day on the American Jewish calendar—observed by only a few, ignored by most. Then along came Jewish summer camp and, presto, Tisha B’Av became the cynosure of camp directors everywhere and, in short order, the collective practice of a most unlikely population: the Jewish adolescent.
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Jun 13, 2024 |
tabletmag.com | Jenna Weissman Joselit
If Rabbi Jacob Kohn had his druthers, the entire family—Mom and Dad and the kiddies—would fill the pews of the synagogue on an ordinary Saturday morning. He’d look out from behind his pulpit and behold a sea of fathers, dapper in suits and ties; mothers, sporting smart hats and gloves; and children, bored silly, and squirming in their Shabbos shoes.
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Recharging - What with teaching and writing, fussin’ and frettin,’ I haven’t had much time of late to step back from my daily pursuits and contemplate what I’m up to -- and why. Thankfully, there are conferences for that. Interrupting one’s daily rout... https://t.co/gGmbC3deE3
New blog post about the @cajmcon conference in D.C. and the Zurbarán exhibit @frickcollection Link: https://t.co/lOIVbYKIEo
Biblical proportions - Well before it opened its enormous doors a few months ago, the Museum of the Bible in downtown Washington, D.C., was the subject of avid discussion within the academic and museum communities I inhabit. Some of my colleagues roll... https://t.co/sMyAmv1c1q