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Apr 19, 2017, 6:55 AM

Neoplatonism in the poetry of Ibn Gavirol, Coleridge and Pound

I The term, ‘Neoplatonism’, was coined by European scholars during the 19th century. However, the founder of this philosophy is the Egyptian Hellenist, Plotinus, who taught in Rome during the 3rd century C.E. The core of Plotinus’s philosophy is broken...

Mar 28, 2017, 6:30 AM

JDate (a short film)

Fade in A man is sitting alone in front of a computer. A woman sneaks up behind him wearing a mask. The man does not notice at first. He turns around and sees her. He jumps, startled, putting his hand on his heart. Man: Ilanit! How...

Mar 6, 2017, 9:36 AM

Life of Socrates (Part II in a series)

Socrates did not even cry when in Kindergarten he caught his finger in the hinges of the classroom door cutting it right down to the bone. His mother brought him to a plastic surgeon. They only gave the child...

Feb 1, 2017, 9:17 AM

(His Excellency), The Grand Mufti

For (His Excellency), The Grand Mufti لمحمد أحمد حسين standing proud, atoms and diamonds of light on tall evergreen...

Dec 20, 2016, 3:40 AM

Towards a phenomenology of groove (a work in progress)

REQUIEM FOR THE 20th CENTURY... I There are many ways to be in the groove. The commission-driven salesman, always in the lead finds himself in the groove – the business groove. Jimmy the drummer says that is “is in the pocket!”… The preacher in...

Sep 7, 2016, 12:50 AM

Ambulance Juice (a metaphysical poem)

Ambulance Juice ∼ I ∼ Ambulance Juice oozes from his eye through the crack in his skull and fills my cup— "Say, Mack, what time it be?" Sun dial technology sheds a shade shoe to face. Wipe your tear, pull up that chair. Now the...

Jul 14, 2016, 7:30 AM

Jews and the Belief in Trinity (Christians believe in the Father the Son and the Holy Ghost, but how about the Jews?)

In the first chapter of the first book of the Mishnah Torah, Maimonides writes that everything Hashem creates in the material world is divided into three parts. Elaborating on this detail and borrowing from the same novella, in the Chassidic...

Jul 6, 2016, 11:17 PM

Girls, Escape to Crown Heights for the Summer: Machon Chana’s Yeshivacation teaches Meditation, Feminism and Aesthetics

Teenagers are one of the most precious portions of our establishment. The importance of their cultural education and overall happiness plays a critical role in today's Jewish society. The Machon Chana Women's Institute has already begun its annual Summer...

Jul 3, 2016, 9:20 PM

An Exciting Time for the Estate Silver Market

All over the world silver investors are rejoicing. On Friday the silver market reached a 22-month high on returns. This relates to many a cause and effect. Firstly, as the markets adjust to the news of Brexit, the gold markets will...

Jun 27, 2016, 6:05 AM

Organic Fruit Baskets Florist in Crown Heights Has the Cure for the Summertime Blues

It is sticky hot here in Brooklyn. Maybe not the dog day heat of early August, but it is getting there. So naturally we are going to be eating certain kinds of foods more than others, and naturally we...

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Scott Krane is a journalist and copywriter whose writing has appeared in the Atlantic, The Daily Caller and the Jerusalem Post.