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Revelation and the Conquest of Demonic Forces: A Critical Analysis of the Meor Eynayim's Radical Mystical Theology of Sinai

This essay examines the radical mystical theology of revelation articulated in the Meor Eynayim, the seminal Hasidic commentary composed by Rabbi Menachem Nachum of Chernobyl (1730-1797). Through careful textual analysis of the parashat Yitro sections, this study argues that the Meor Eynayim fundamentally reconceptualizes Torah not as a corpus of texts requiring intellectual mastery but as an experiential mode of di…

picked 11 Aug 2026

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Edna Nahshon

professor of Jewish theater and drama

picked 14 Aug 2026

Encyclopedia · Wikipedia

Edna Nahshon

Edna Nahshon is professor of Jewish theater and drama at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America. Her interests include Yiddish and Israeli theater and drama. She is also a senior fellow at Oxford University's Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies.

picked 13 Aug 2026

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The great Jewish playsThe great Jewish plays
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picked 13 Aug 2026

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JBIC223: Young women's drama group at the Jewish Community Building, 406 Jefferson AvenueJBIC223: Young women's drama group at the Jewish Community Building, 406 Jefferson Avenue
University at Buffalo, via DPLA
picked 13 Aug 2026
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