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Read This TodayLocke's Second TreatiseExplore Locke's Second Treatise: A foundational text on natural rights, consent of the governed, and limited government. Unpack the state of nature, property theory, and the right to revolution. Essential for understanding liberalism and democracy.Works Cited"Biography: John Locke." American Battlefield Trust. Accessed in provided source material."COMPARISON SUMMARY: HOBBES – LOCKE - ROUSSEAU." Accessed in provided source material.Corbett, P. Scott, Volker Janssen, John M. Lund, Todd Pfannestiel, Paul Vickery, and Sylvie Waskiewicz. "The Glorious Revolution and the English Empire." United States History I, OpenStax College. Accessed in provided source ma...2025-06-1234 min
New Books in Intellectual HistorySimon Rabinovitch, "Sovereignty and Religious Freedom: A Jewish History" (Yale UP, 2024)It is a common assumption that in Israel, Jews have sovereignty, and in most other places where Jews live today, they have religious freedom instead. As Simon Rabinovitch shows in this original work, the situation is much more complicated. Jews today possess different kinds of legal rights in states around the world; some stem from religious freedom protections, and others evolved from a longer history of Jewish autonomy.By comparing conflicts between Jewish collective and individual rights in courts and laws across the globe, from the French Revolution to today, this book provides a nuanced legal history...2025-03-191h 21
New Books in ReligionSimon Rabinovitch, "Sovereignty and Religious Freedom: A Jewish History" (Yale UP, 2024)It is a common assumption that in Israel, Jews have sovereignty, and in most other places where Jews live today, they have religious freedom instead. As Simon Rabinovitch shows in this original work, the situation is much more complicated. Jews today possess different kinds of legal rights in states around the world; some stem from religious freedom protections, and others evolved from a longer history of Jewish autonomy.By comparing conflicts between Jewish collective and individual rights in courts and laws across the globe, from the French Revolution to today, this book provides a nuanced legal history...2025-03-171h 21
New Books in LawSimon Rabinovitch, "Sovereignty and Religious Freedom: A Jewish History" (Yale UP, 2024)It is a common assumption that in Israel, Jews have sovereignty, and in most other places where Jews live today, they have religious freedom instead. As Simon Rabinovitch shows in this original work, the situation is much more complicated. Jews today possess different kinds of legal rights in states around the world; some stem from religious freedom protections, and others evolved from a longer history of Jewish autonomy.By comparing conflicts between Jewish collective and individual rights in courts and laws across the globe, from the French Revolution to today, this book provides a nuanced legal history...2025-03-171h 21
New Books in Jewish StudiesSimon Rabinovitch, "Sovereignty and Religious Freedom: A Jewish History" (Yale UP, 2024)It is a common assumption that in Israel, Jews have sovereignty, and in most other places where Jews live today, they have religious freedom instead. As Simon Rabinovitch shows in this original work, the situation is much more complicated. Jews today possess different kinds of legal rights in states around the world; some stem from religious freedom protections, and others evolved from a longer history of Jewish autonomy.By comparing conflicts between Jewish collective and individual rights in courts and laws across the globe, from the French Revolution to today, this book provides a nuanced legal history...2025-03-171h 21
The Podcast of Jewish Ideas37. Wissenschaft des Judentums | Dr. David MyersJ.J. and Dr. David Myers scientifically examine the thought and legacy of the Wissenschaft des Judentums movement. Please rate and review the the show in the podcast app of your choice!We welcome all complaints and compliments at podcasts@torahinmotion.orgFor more information visit torahinmotion.org/podcastsDavid N. Myers is Distinguished Professor of History and holds the Sady and Ludwig KahnChair in Jewish History at UCLA, where he serves as the director of the UCLA Luskin Center forHistory and Policy. He also directs the UC...2024-07-111h 03
College CommonsA Shtetl in the United States?Kiryas Joel, a chartered municipality in New York State functions as a religious community and American village.
Nomi M. Stolzenberg holds the Nathan and Lilly Shapell Chair at the University of Southern California Gould School of Law. She is a legal scholar whose research spans a range of interdisciplinary interests, including law and religion, law and liberalism, law and feminism, law and psychoanalysis, and law and literature. After getting her J.D. at Harvard Law School in 1987 and clerking for the Honorable John Gibbons, chief judge of the Third Circuit Court of Appeals, she joined the faculty at the USC...2024-03-2650 min
SideBar: Optimism In Action - Conversations with Lawyers & Leaders Inspiring Positive ChangeIs Conservative Christian Discrimination Now a Protected Class? with Nomi StolzenbergLaw Professor Nomi Stolzenberg discusses the US Supreme Court’s consideration of Conservative Christian ideology as a new protected class under the First Amendment. Seven of the nine members of the Supreme Court are Catholic or raised Catholic. How does this potentially affect the decisions being handed down by the Supreme Court?2023-04-0434 min
The Literacy View11: THE ONE ABOUT PRIVATE RELIGIOUS SCHOOLS HAVE PUBLIC RESPONSIBILITIES TOOSend us a textFaith Borkowsky, Judy Boksner, and Mary McCool Berry discuss an article in the Atlantic (9/18/22) by Nomi M. Stolzenberg and David N. Myers."Communities of faith should be able to pass on their traditions but must still meet basic state educational standards."Stolzenberg and Myers start the article with a question:Is it permissible for private schools in this country to disregard state standards of proficiency in English, math, and U.S. history? THE LITERACY VIEW TALK IS REAL AND PUSHES THOUGHT BOUNDARIES.TUNE IN...2022-10-0135 min
On the NoseYeshiva EducationIn the wake of the recent extensive New York Times investigation into Hasidic yeshivas, a fierce and often acrimonious debate has emerged about the ethics of covering the Hasidic world from the outside, how private institutions that receive government funds are accountable to the broader public, and religious minority communities’ right to insist on their way of life, even when it brings them into conflict with the state. On this episode, Jewish Currents Contributing Editor Joshua Leifer hosts a conversation between Naftuli Moster, executive director of Young Advocates for Fair Education (YAFFED), and Frieda Vizel, a writer and tour gu...2022-09-2938 min
Temple Beth Am PodcastsAMERICAN SHTETL: A ConversationRabbi Adam Kligfeld sits down with acclaimed professors David Myers and Nomi Stolzenberg to discuss their new book about Kiryah Joel, the Satmar Hasidic, Yiddish-speaking village that emerged from the town of Monroe, NY, part of the extended community Rabbi Kligfeld served for nine years before coming to Temple Beth Am.
(Zoom)Special Guests: David Meyers and Nomi Stolzenberg.2022-06-091h 23New Books in Jewish StudiesNomi M. Stolzenberg and David N. Myers, "American Shtetl: The Making of Kiryas Joel, a Hasidic Village in Upstate New York" (Princeton UP, 2021)In American Shtetl: The Making of Kiryas Joel, a Hasidic Village in Upstate New York (Princeton University Press, 2022), Nomi Stolzenberg and David Myers tell the story of how a group of pious, Yiddish-speaking Jews created a thriving insular enclave and a powerful local government in upstate New York. While rejecting the norms of mainstream American society, Kiryas Joel has been stunningly successful in creating a world apart by using the very instruments of secular political and legal power that it disavows.Nomi M. Stolzenberg holds the Nathan and Lilly Shapell Chair at the University of Southern California Go...2022-04-051h 12
Princeton UP Ideas PodcastNomi M. Stolzenberg and David N. Myers, "American Shtetl: The Making of Kiryas Joel, a Hasidic Village in Upstate New York" (Princeton UP, 2021)In American Shtetl: The Making of Kiryas Joel, a Hasidic Village in Upstate New York (Princeton University Press, 2022), Nomi Stolzenberg and David Myers tell the story of how a group of pious, Yiddish-speaking Jews created a thriving insular enclave and a powerful local government in upstate New York. While rejecting the norms of mainstream American society, Kiryas Joel has been stunningly successful in creating a world apart by using the very instruments of secular political and legal power that it disavows.Nomi M. Stolzenberg holds the Nathan and Lilly Shapell Chair at the University of Southern California Go...2022-04-051h 12
Spin ClassFeaturing: Michael Fragin presents part 2 of his discussion with Nomi M. Stolzenberg and David N. Myers about their book "American Shtetl: The Making of Kiryas Joel, a Hasidic Village in Upstate New York"2022-03-1000 minSpin ClassFeaturing: Michael Fragin is joined by Nomi M. Stolzenberg and David N. Myers to discuss their book "American Shtetl: The Making of Kiryas Joel, a Hasidic Village in Upstate New York"2022-03-0300 min
Identity/CrisisThe Making of an American ShtetlHow did a small contingent of Hasidic families establish a thriving, insular enclave with a powerful local government?
Authors Nomi Stolzenberg and David Myers join Yehuda Kurtzer to chronicle how the upstate New York town of Kiryas Joel created a world apart by using the very instruments of political and legal power that are uniquely American. They explore religious, social, and economic norms, delve into the roots of Satmar Hasidism, and uncover the American dream in the unlikeliest of places.2022-02-0141 minPrinceton UP Ideas PodcastNomi M. Stolzenberg and David N. Myers, "American Shtetl: The Making of Kiryas Joel, a Hasidic Village in Upstate New York" (Princeton UP, 2022)Settled in the mid-1970s by a small contingent of Hasidic families, Kiryas Joel is an American town with few parallels in Jewish history—but many precedents among religious communities in the United States. This book tells the story of how this group of pious, Yiddish-speaking Jews has grown to become a thriving insular enclave and a powerful local government in upstate New York. While rejecting the norms of mainstream American society, Kiryas Joel has been stunningly successful in creating a world apart by using the very instruments of secular political and legal power that it disavows.No...2022-02-011h 01New Books in Jewish StudiesNomi M. Stolzenberg and David N. Myers, "American Shtetl: The Making of Kiryas Joel, a Hasidic Village in Upstate New York" (Princeton UP, 2022)Settled in the mid-1970s by a small contingent of Hasidic families, Kiryas Joel is an American town with few parallels in Jewish history—but many precedents among religious communities in the United States. This book tells the story of how this group of pious, Yiddish-speaking Jews has grown to become a thriving insular enclave and a powerful local government in upstate New York. While rejecting the norms of mainstream American society, Kiryas Joel has been stunningly successful in creating a world apart by using the very instruments of secular political and legal power that it disavows.No...2022-02-011h 01