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“REVIEW: Mordecai Would Not Bow Down: Antisemitism, the Holocaust, and Christian Supersessionism by Timothy Jackson” by David Blumenthal

Dec 1, 2021Canopy ForumLiterature HighlightsBlumenthal, David R., December 2021, History, Judaism, Religious Freedom

Mordecai Would Not Bow Down: Antisemitism, the Holocaust, and Christian Supersessionismby Timothy Jackson Review by David Blumenthal Books in Protestant constructive theology are not so much expository writing as they are an extended conversation with varied sources on a theological theme. In this book, Timothy Jackson sets forth his theses in a sequence of conversations…

“Moses, Jesus, and Einstein and Those Who Hate Them” by Timothy P. Jackson

Jul 23, 2021Canopy ForumLiterature HighlightsHistory, Jackson, Timothy P., Judaism, July 2021, Religious Freedom

Moses, Jesus, and Einstein and Those Who Hate Them A Contextualizing and Summary of Mordecai Would Not Bow Down: Anti-Semitism, the Holocaust, and Christian Supersessionism Timothy P. Jackson Moses and Albert Einstein embodied a singular Judaic genius. Both men pointed out the intimate connection between realities typically considered separate if not adversarial, with Einstein doing…

“Slaughtering Religious Freedom at the Court of Justice of the European Union” by Andrea Pin and John Witte, Jr.

Feb 16, 2021Canopy ForumSeriesEurope (Geography), February 2021, Judaism, Pin, Andrea, Witte Jr., John

Photo by Ravi Pinisetti on Unsplash. The New Age of Rights In the 1990s, the European Union (EU) seemed to be done. The Old Continent was pacified. Soviet imperialism had melted away. European dictatorships — from Portugal to Spain, from Greece to Romania — had ended. European citizens could travel from Italy to the Netherlands,…

“Thanksgiving and Traditional Jewish Life: Celebrating American Holidays and Jewish Law” by Michael J. Broyde

Nov 26, 2020Canopy ForumEssaysBroyde, Michael J., Judaism, Media and Culture, November 2020

Image by Jill Wellington from Pixabay Introduction This short posting on what the Jewish tradition has to say about Thanksgiving will strike some as surprising — so a word of background might be helpful. Traditional Jews do not celebrate holidays of another religion and have always shied away from even nominally secular holidays that are…

“Law as Love-Song” by Laura S. Lieber

Nov 10, 2020Canopy ForumEssaysChristianity, History, Judaism, Lieber, Laura S., Media and Culture, November 2020

Photo from Pixabay By the 6th century CE, Christianity was a religion of empire that produced significant codices of imperial law, many of which regulated Jewish practice. Even so, however, Christian polemics against Jewish “legalism” and the perceived burden of the Mosaic-Pharisaic law were commonplace. According to foundational Christian writings, Jesus’s death on the cross…

“Is there a Right to Healthcare? Towards a Comprehensive Jewish Approach” by Jason Weiner

Jul 1, 2020Canopy ForumEssaysHealthcare, Human Rights / Civil Rights, Judaism, July 2020, Weiner, Jason

Image by Darko Stojanovic from Pixabay The question of the “right” to fair, universal and comprehensive healthcare has been circulating for quite a while, but rapid expansion of modern medical technology has transformed the question from a periodic issue into a perennial one. Controlling rising costs, determining priorities, and ensuring fair distribution and access to…

“How Should an Ethical Prosecutor Act if the Jails are Unsafe? Lessons from Jewish Law – Part III” by Michael J. Broyde

May 14, 2020Canopy ForumEssaysBroyde, Michael J., Criminal Law, Judaism, May 2020, Politics

Photo by jessica45 on Pixabay This is the final installment of a three-part essay, offering a radical proposal for how ethical prosecutors ought to approach sentencing recommendations for non-violent criminal offenders, given the often dangerous and abusive conditions that exist in many American prisons. This perspective is informed by Jewish law’s complex history and jurisprudence…

“How Should an Ethical Prosecutor Act if the Jails are Unsafe? Lessons from Jewish Law – Part II” by Michael J. Broyde

May 13, 2020Canopy ForumEssaysBroyde, Michael J., Criminal Law, Judaism, May 2020, Politics

Photo by jessica45 on Pixabay This is the second part of a three-part essay offering a radical proposal for how ethical prosecutors ought to approach sentencing recommendations for non-violent criminal offenders given the often dangerous and abusive conditions that exist in many American prisons. This perspective is informed by Jewish law’s complex history and jurisprudence…

“How Should an Ethical Prosecutor Act if the Jails are Unsafe? Lessons from Jewish Law – Part I” by Michael J. Broyde

May 12, 2020Canopy ForumEssaysBroyde, Michael J., Criminal Law, Judaism, May 2020, Politics

Photo by jessica45 on Pixabay This is the first part of a three-part essay offering a radical proposal for how ethical prosecutors ought to approach sentencing recommendations for non-violent criminal offenders given the often dangerous and abusive conditions that exist in many American prisons. This perspective is informed by Jewish law’s complex history and jurisprudence…

“Soul Repair: A Jewish View (Part 3)” by David R. Blumenthal

Apr 26, 2020Canopy ForumEssaysApril 2020, Blumenthal, David R., Ethics, Judaism

Abstract by mahtabahamad on Flickr (CCO) This is the third installment of a three-part series of essays that discuss the Jewish tradition’s answer to repairing the soul in the midst of wrongdoing, guilt, and shame. The first part used the biblical story of King David to illustrate the importance of taking ownership of one’s wrongdoing,…