Dov Lerner Mosaic Magazine, Sept. 27, 2019 “Recognition of human ineloquence in the presence of divine omnipotence is no moral failing and no source of shame.” Jewish civilization, in broad terms, is what anthropologists refer to as a text culture. Its religious rituals center on sacred writings, on the recital and interpretation of those … Continue reading Judaism Is Mainly Text-Centered. Why Mark Its New Year with the Blunt, Inarticulate Noise of the Shofar?