Why is religion without religion not radical enough? How does mysticism “shake hands” with atheism? What is the difference between worship and idolatry? Elliot R. Wolfson keeps us up all night thinking (and running for the Stanford Encylopedia of Philosophy) as he talks to RD on the occasion of the publication of his newest book.
Aubrey L. Glazer
Aubrey L. Glazer is an independent scholar and a rabbi at the Jewish Community Center of Harrison, New York. His book Contemporary Hebrew Mystical Poetry: How it Redeems Jewish Thinking (2009) was awarded the Adele Mellen Prize. His most recent book is Mystical Vertigo: Contemporary Kabbalistic Hebrew Poetry Dancing Over the Divide (2013).
