From the Archives: Beyond Belief

I’ve reached a point in the revision process where I’m going back to books I read early in the research process.  Because while some people may write and re-write in an absolute straight line, I do not.  I move back and forth, and sometimes I zigzag.  I’m definitely in a zigzag phase as I draw…

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In Which a Reader Asks a Question, and I Go Searching for the Answer

One of the delights of writing this blog is correspondence with like-minded people who have questions or thoughts about my posts. It is always a treat. In response to my last post, a reader with whom I often correspond asked a question I had never even considered: If Jewish American or Jewish British or Jewish…

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Beyond Belief

I am currently taking notes on a pile of secondary source that I read over the last few months. I stuffed them full of sticky tabs as I went and moved on. On the surface, it’s not the most efficient way to do research, and I don’t always have the time to do it. But…

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