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Contemplate, an annual collection of secular Jewish writing from around the world, is published by the Center for Cultural Judaism. Past issues have featured essays, review, and interviews with a host of scholars and authors, from Amos Oz and Robert Pinsky to Grace Paley, Rebecca Goldstein, Susan Jacoby, Jonathan Sarna, and A.B. Yehoshua.


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THE RISE, FALL, AND REBIRTH OF SECULAR JUDAISM


Jonathan Sarna

Brandeis historian Jonathan Sarna moves from a survey of the past to the present and a view of the current secular Jewish renaissance.


NEW JEWS: THE END OF THE JEWISH DIASPORA


Caryn Aviv and David Shneer

Scholars from the University of Denver, Caryn Aviv and David Shneer argue that the concept of "Diaspora" is now obsolete.


A JEW OF THE THIRD KIND, HEINE: HIS DOUBLE LIFE


Yigal Lossin

Yigal Lossin takes up the question whether Heinrich Heine was the first modern secular Jew.


THE THIRD PILLAR? TOWARD A EUROPEAN JEWISH IDENTITY


Diana Pinto

Diana Pinto discusses the challenges and future options facing Europe's Jews.


CONVERSATION WITH REBECCA GOLDSTEIN


Jesse Tisch

Rebecca Goldstein, author of Betraying Spinoza shares her views on the influence of Benedict Spinoza on the secular nation-state in a wide-ranging interview.


GOD & OTHER LITERARY CHARACTERS


Yaacov Malkin

Contemplate presents the next installment of the English-language translation of God and Other Literary Characters in which Yaakov Malkin explores the development of God as a literary protagonist with a human character.


RELIGION IN A FREE MARKET


Barry Kosmin & Ariela Keysar

Demographics among American adults clearly point to a significant increase in secularity, according to research by Barry Kosmin and Ariela Keysar.


A GREAT TRANQUILITY: QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS


Yehuda Amichai

From The Selected Poetry of Yehuda Amichai, translated by Chana Bloch and Stephen Mitchell, and published by The University of California Press.


WHEN I BANGED MY HEAD ON THE DOOR


Yehuda Amichai

From The Selected Poetry of Yehuda Amichai, translated by Chana Bloch and Stephen Mitchell, and published by The University of California Press.


MARTIN BUBER'S SECULAR RELIGIOSITY


Ron Margolin, Sarah Pessin

Two scholars, Ron Margolin and Sarah Pessin, present their opinions on the secular aspects of Buber's philosophy.


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