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Shaul Magid

Shaul Magid teaches Modern Judaism at Harvard Divinity School, is a senior research fellow at The Center for the Study of World Religions at Harvard, a Visiting Scholar at Dartmouth College, and the rabbi of the Fire Island Synagogue. His latest book is The Necessity of Exile: Essays from a Distance.

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Religion Dispatches

Peter Beinart’s Controversial The Crisis of Zionism: Right Diagnosis, Wrong Treatment

Not since The Israel Lobby has a Jewish book evoked so much ire and criticism from the American Jewish community.
Shaul Magid
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Religion Dispatches

The Sad Saga of a Compromised Rabbi

Are the Jews in trouble? From the outside, things look quite good. Anti-Semitism is at an all-time low in the United States. The U.S. administration seems to allow Israel to do what it wants, even as many of us disagree with what it is choosing to do.
Shaul Magid
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Religion Dispatches

An Open Letter to Rabbi Dov Linzer on Modesty and Jewish Law

While the Talmud dictates that both men and women dress modestly, the legal tradition that follows in its wake makes dress requirements for women much more rigid. Thus, the fact that in many Orthodox summer camps, or Kibbutzim, one can readily find young Orthodox men in shorts and T-shirts while young girls wear skirts and longer sleeves is not inconsequential. And how often are religious boys told, “Don’t wear that, it’s not tznius (modest)!”? Not very often.
Shaul Magid
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