Articles By George Robinson

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George Robinson, author of Essential Judaism, is the recipient of a Simon Rockower Award for excellence in Jewish journalism from the American Jewish Press Association. His writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Newsday, Jewish Week, and The Detroit Jewish News.

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  Maimonides' Conception of God

  Maimonides' theology tells us more about what God isn't than what God is.

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  Kabbalah in Spain

  From the 13th through the 15th century, the Iberian Peninsula was the home of most major kabbalists.

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  Planning a Brit Milah (Bris)

  What to do besides calling the mohel.

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  Genesis Means Origins

  The first book of the Bible tells of the origins of the world and of a very interesting family eventually known as the children of Israel.

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  Interest-Free Loans in Judaism

  Jews have a tradition, based in biblical law, of interest-free lending, primarily--but not exclusively--to other Jews.

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  Hasidic Mysticism

  Hasidism spread mystical ideas to the masses of East-European Jewry.

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  The Zohar

  The most influential work of Jewish mysticism was, for centuries, shrouded in mystery.

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  Shabbat Rest and Renewal

  Two elements that are the essence of Shabbat.

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  Isaac Luria & Kabbalah in Safed

  After the expulsion of Jews from Spain in 1492, the center of kabbalistic study moved to the town of Safed in northern Palestine.




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