Yehoshua November

Aug 31, 2024 | hadassahmagazine.org | Elizabeth Rosner |Yehoshua November |Maira Kalman |André Aciman

Email Print Third Ear: Reflections on the Art and Science of ListeningBy Elizabeth Rosner (Counterpoint)In this work of scientific inquiry, observation and memoir told in brief takes, novelist and poet Elizabeth Rosner tunes her attention to the soundscape of life. The idea of deep listening, she explains, is the sonic version of reading between the lines and listening with heart and empathy.

Feb 29, 2024 | chabad.org | Yehoshua November

Isn’t the ruach, or spirit, choked out in Judaism’s obsession with technical details? Does an infinite G‑d really concern Himself with hair-splitting Talmudic minutiae? Isn’t Divinity synonymous with transcendence—and not narrowly-defined protocol?In one iteration or another, critics of Judaism—and many of its practitioners—wonder at our faith’s preoccupation with finite rules and measurements, our emphasis on time and space, in ritual exercises aimed at touching a G‑d without shape or form.