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2/3/2012 6:41:35 PM
The Pale God
By Aryeh Tepper

Imagine God not as a benign force infusing the universe with love and sustaining it with mercy, and not as a stern judge smiting sinners from on high with his cosmic zap-gun, but as a grandfatherly figure, kind but, truth be told, somewhat out of it, sitting in a corner, tolerant of the various paths his children have chosen, content when surrounded by his grandchildren, desiring only to be recognized and see his offspring stay connected. It would take an outrageous sin for him to get up out of his chair and say something that might cause even slight...

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 http://www.jewishideasdaily.com/content/module/2012/2/3/main-feature/1/the-pale-god

2/1/2012 11:18:17 PM
 "The Goalkeeper, in its refreshingly disorienting way, in its shaking-up of the academic red tape that is draped over most other scholarly offerings, is a must have for any bona fide Nabokovian"
--Michael Rodgers, University of Strathclyde (The Slavonic and East European Review. Vol. 90, No. 1, January 2012

http://www.jstor.org.ezproxy.library.dal.ca/pss/10.5699/slaveasteurorev2.90.1.0137

2/1/2012 8:06:37 PM
Jewish Thought in Dialogue. Essays on Thinkers, Theologies, and
Moral Theories
DAVID SHATZ
Academic Studies Press, 2009
480 pp., $65.00, ISBN 978-1-934843-42-0

This volume is a collection of essays on Jewish thinkers and Jewish thought, written by the author between 1990 and 2008. It is divided into two parts: the first one deals more with the history of Jewish philosophy and thought and the interpretation of Jewish religious sources than with philosophical topics; the second one is devoted to philosophical problems and arguments from the point of view of Judaism.

The titles of the last three essays show how the interest and sympathy of the author is for thinkers who try to unify Jewish tradition according to the Orthodox view and modern culture. The same project, i.e. the building of a modern Jewish Orthodoxy, appears in the first three essays. Therein, Shatz interprets the Guide of the Perplexed as maintaining Maimonides’ Orthodoxy with regard to Jewish law and at the same time Maimonides’ openness to Aristotelian science and philosophy. Biblical ideas are considered by the author not so much as an expression of human reason – a reason which certainly is not theoretical, but refers to an ethics centered on God’s uniqueness, and therefore different from the Greek Logos – but rather as teachings of a particular religious tradition and experience. These teachings become meaningful for philosophical reflection if analyzed with reference to philosophical problems such as the relationship between freedom and God’s Providence, the existence of evil in a world created by a just and benevolent God, religion as opposed to ethics.

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This is a valuable book, which offers many themes and insights, arising not only from Judaism, but also from human life. All of them deserve careful examination.
—IRENE KAJON

1/12/2012 6:12:46 PM
From the Russian Review: "Grinberg’s illuminating study will be of use to students and scholars interested in modern poetry, comparative literature, Jewish and Russian twentieth-century literature, and the representation of historical memory. It is an important book that sheds new light on the history of Soviet literature and brings to the fore Slutsky’s powerful responses to the manifestations of antiSemitism in the Soviet Union and to the collapsing Soviet monumental style and ideology in the postwar period." -Alexander Smith, University of Edinburgh

12/16/2011 6:29:20 PM
New Review for Marat Grinberg in the recent edition of the Slavic Review. For the full review, please pick up a copy of the publication. "...this first monograph-length study of Slutskii in English enables a deeper appreciation of his remarkable talent"

11/16/2011 11:21:52 PM
Academic Studies Press is pleased to announce the first of its electronic publications through its partnership with Ebrary. All back list titles are now available for individual and institutional purchase and active front-list titles will be available soon. To browse all active titles please follow the link below:

http://site.ebrary.com/lib/alltitles/search.action?p00=Academic+studies+press&searchbutton01=Search

11/7/2011 6:43:45 PM
Academic Studies Press is pleased to participate in the 43st Annual Conference of the Association of Jewish Studies, which will be held December 18th-20th at the Grand Hyatt Washington hotel in Washington, D.C.. We invite you to visit booth #107 and view our latest titles in Jewish Studies. All delegates are eligible to receive a special promotional discount. Please contact our sales and publicity department to learn more about our participation at this event at (617) 782-6290 or via email at sales@academicstudiespress.com

11/7/2011 6:30:57 PM
Classics in Judaica is a new series from Academic Studies Press focusing on preserving timeless classic works on Jewish faith and culture. Well-known writers both modern and historical are once again accessible through these affordable volumes. All volumes have been personally selected by the current leading scholars of our time for their lasting significance in the field of Jewish Studies. Those interested in Judaism and Jewish culture in general will find this series to be invaluable both in the classroom and for personal use.

10/27/2011 11:38:05 PM
Sara Libby Robinson, author of Blood Will Tell, has been interviewed in the Boston Jewish Advocate. To read an excerpt of the review please follow the link below to the publication's website. The full story can be read online upon purchase of a paid subscription.

http://www.thejewishadvocate.com/

10/26/2011 6:03:45 PM
Academic Studies Press is pleased to participate in the 2011 Annual Meeting for the American Academy of Religion from November 20-22, 2011 at the Moscone Center and surrounding hotels in San Francisco, California. We invite you to visit our stand (Booth 313) and view our latest titles in Religious Studies. All delegates are eligible to receive a special promotional discount. Please contact our sales and publicity department to learn more about our participation at this event at (617) 782-6290 or email us at sales@academicstudiespress.com.

10/24/2011 11:56:20 PM
Academic Studies Press is pleased to participate in the 43rd Annual Conference of the Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies which will be held November 17-20, 2011 at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, DC. We invite you to visit our stand (Booth 312) and view our latest titles in Slavic Studies. All delegates are eligible to receive a special promotional discount. Please contact our sales and publicity department to learn more about our participation at this event at (617) 782-6290 or via email at sales@academicstudiespress.com.

10/6/2011 10:02:26 PM
Strictly Kosher Reading Exposed
Politely and with a sharp eye, Finkelman dissects haredi fiction, popular histories and biographies (which are really hagiographies), along with kiruv literature, the Slifkin book ban and, deliciously, Agudath Israel of America's The Jewish Observer.


To read more, please visit:
http://failedmessiah.typepad.com/failed_messiahcom/2011/10/strictly-kosher-reading-exposed-567.html