Once upon a time, I've learned from reading the comic strips, schoolkids coming back from summer vacation were made to write essays on "What I Did Last Summer." (Linus to Lucy: "What did I do last summer?" Lucy to Linus: "You read comic books and watched TV.") I was in elementary school back … [Read more...]
From Judaism to Islam – Margaret Marcus, Maryam Jameelah (Part 3)
(Continued from last week's post.) Here's what Deborah Baker writes in the afterword to her book The Convert, on Maryam Jameelah who was once Margaret Marcus--the Jewish girl from New York who converted to Islam, moved to Pakistan, and became an eloquent spokesperson for traditional Islam's case … [Read more...]
From Judaism to Islam – Margaret Marcus, Maryam Jameelah (Part 2)
(Continued from last week's post.) "Now that I have settled myself here, I would like to explain how I came to be a part of the Mawlana Mawdudi's family. It seems I have spent my entire life trying to get to this moment, to explain myself in terms that make sense to you. I'm not sure I ever … [Read more...]
From Judaism to Islam – Margaret Marcus, Maryam Jameelah (Part 1)
Deborah Baker. The Convert: A Tale of Exile and Extremism. Minneapolis: Graywolf Press, 2011. How many years has it been since I first heard of Maryam Jameelah, the former Margaret (“Peggy”) Marcus? At least 15 or 20, I think. Sometime in the 90s, I was in a library paging through an issue of … [Read more...]
Sex, the Moravians, and Rabbi Jonathan Eibeschuetz
"I am, as you will quickly discover if you don't know already, a raw newcomer to your field of expertise. I'm here because I believe I can shed some observations from my own field, Jewish mysticism and messianism, that may shed light on dark places in yours. I hope for your expert judgment as to … [Read more...]
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