"#JennaWeissmanJoselit was looking for a project that wasn’t so “heavily freighted” after her #book on the #American “embrace” of the #TenCommandments came out in 2017. “Out of the blue,” an editor at the #Jewish Lives #biography series, a #Yale #University Press and #LeonDBlack Foundation project, asked her to #write a book about #Rabbi #MordecaiKaplan, founder of #Reconstructionist #Judaism.

“Without missing a beat and without thinking what this entailed, I said, ‘Yes, yes. Of course, of course,’” the Charles E. Smith #professor of #Judaicstudies and of #history at #GeorgeWashingtonUniversity told JNS.

She didn’t question why she was chosen. “I’m not the obvious person. I’m not an intellectual #historian,” #WeissmanJoselit said. “I don’t swim in those high-minded #philosophical, #theological waters.”

The historian had known of #Kaplan and had explored a “smidgen” of his diaries, but not all 70 years of them..."

https://www.jns.org/feature/reconstructionist-judaism-founder-mordecai-kaplan-a-restless-soul-who-speaks-to-the-moment-per-new-book

Nate Neustadt Leads George Washington University’s Pro-Israel Community

Nate Neustadt. (Photo credit: Alexandra Tauber) Nate Neustadt is a Jewish student leader through and through. The sophomore…
#NewsBeep #News #BreakingNews #breakingnews #ChabadatGW #college #georgewashingtonuniversity #Israel #israeladvocacy #Jewishcommunity #jewishidentity #people #StandWithUs #WashingtonDC #YouShouldKnow
https://www.newsbeep.com/421564/

A.I. Is Coming to Class. These Professors Want to Ease Your Worries.

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/17/nyregion/ai-college-classes.html

Let us never forget how Jonathan "Mike Lindell with tenure" Turley whored himself to defend Trump's Georgia election call to Brad Raffensperger.

These are Trump's "Legal experts."

#JonathanTurley #ConstitutionalJoke #GeorgeWashingtonUniversity #TrumpStooge #USPol

Trump gets all his advice from the best disgraced lawyers! They don’t call Turley “Mike Lindell with tenure” for nothing!

“Disgrace to my profession”: Legal experts blast Prof. Jonathan Turley for excusing away Trump call https://www.salon.com/2023/08/25/disgrace-to-my-profession-legal-experts-blast-prof-jonathan-turley-for-excusing-away-call/

#JonathanTurley #ConstitutionalJoke #GeorgeWashingtonUniversity #TrumpStooge #USPol