Podcast: Shalom Carmy on Jewish Understanding of Human Suffering
July 6, 2021 | By: Shalom Carmy
Press play below to listen to the podcast, download it in the iTunes Store, or stream it via Stitcher. On June 24, 2021, in the middle of the night, part of a 12-story condominium building in the Miami suburb of Surfside, Florida, suddenly collapsed. Thus far, eighteen people are confirmed dead and 145 remain […]
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June 30, 2016 | By: Shalom Carmy
Does religious life benefit from studying the secular liberal arts? In this 2012 essay, Yeshiva University professor Shalom Carmy argues that literature, history, and philosophy enrich an education grounded in the halachic tradition. The study of humanities sheds light on the human condition, making us more aware of the divine presence and the man’s place in […]
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