Moshe Idel News Today

The expression "I am the Lord your God" is repeated dozens of times in different contexts in the Old Testament, consistently understood as a declaration through which God asserts authority over humans, an authority infused into the nature of the Commandments

Jewish academic and Hebrew scholar Irene Lancaster reflects on the Psalms and the publication of the much-acclaimed new book, "Duets on Psalms: Drawing New Meaning From Ancient Words, by Jack Riemer and Elie Spitz".

The General Assembly of the Romanian Academy has decided, through a secret vote, to elect academician Dumitru T. Murariu as Vice President and a total of seven honorary members, including Ion Hadârcă (from the Republic of Moldova) and Moshe Idel (from Israel).

Marc M. Arkin on “Omens of the Millennium: The Gnosis of Angels, Dreams & Resurrection” by Harold Bloom

The spiritual potential opened by verse "26. Let us make man in Our image and likeness" (Genesis:1) is supported by the immediately following verse "27. And God made man in His own image

Prince Radu will host on Friday, as of 18:00hrs, at the Elisabeta Palace, an evening dedicated to the 5th Royal Colloquium, held in Bucharest, and...

Shyfrin spoke via Zoom on “Kabbalah of Information: Absence of Information is Information". He explained how Kabbalistic ideas can be explained using the support of information theory and physics.

Debates around gender identity go back to Talmudic times

5781 Parashat Tetzaveh describes the bigde kahuna, the sacred garments of the Kohanim and in particular, of Aharon, the High Priest. The significance of clothing is noteworthy. Clothing is so overdetermined with meanings. Often those meanings evoke strong emotions. When a medical practitioner approaches us wearing a white coat, many people become passive. The uniform of a police officer evokes a range of powerful reactions, often depending upon context and ethnicity. Rabbinic or hasidic garb ea...