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Amsterdam’s Portuguese Jews banned philosopher Baruch Spinoza. 360 years later, could the ban be lifted?
AMSTERDAM (JTA) – More than 350 years after this city’s Portuguese Jewish community excommunicated Baruch Spinoza and banned his writings for eternity, the philosopher’s books are for sale ...
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Spanish civil servant skips work for 6 years to study Spinoza
(JTA) — A Spanish civil servant who collected a salary for at least six years without working used the time to become an expert on the writings of Jewish philosopher Baruch Spinoza, Spanish ...
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The Philosophical Case for a Four-Day Workweek
Blending philosophy with popular culture, with references to Fight Club, Breaking Bad, and more, The Double Shift is an ...
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Spinoza's Challenge to Jewish Thought: Writings on His Life, Philosophy, and Legacy
Key works about Spinoza’s critical role in the formation of modern Jewish identity Arguably, no historical thinker has had as varied and fractious a reception within modern Judaism as Baruch (Benedict ...