Authors / Shaul Magid

Shaul Magid is the Distinguished Fellow in Jewish Studies at Dartmouth College and a Kogod Senior Research Fellow at The Shalom Hartman Institute of North America. His latest two books are The Bible, the Talmud, and the New Testament: Elijah Zvi’s Commentary to the Gospel, and Piety and Rebellion: Essays in Hasidism. He is presently completing a cultural biography of Meir Kahane.

In The Lions’ Den, Susie Linfield studies eight Jewish leftists’ views on Israel but fails to confront her own liberal Zionist preconceptions.

Shaul Magid October 15, 2019

Is Anti-Zionism the Only Option?

Shaul Magid asks whether opposition to Zionism is the only morally viable path forward.

Shaul Magid March 25, 2019

What Ocasio-Cortez’s Jewish Heritage Means

Claiming Jewish heritage is fundamentally different than claiming Jewishness. But it still matters.

Shaul Magid January 8, 2019