Ilan Fuchs
ContributorIlan Fuchs is visiting scholar at the Frankel Institute in the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor and author of Jewish Women’s Torah Study: Orthodox Education and Modernity (Routledge, 2014).
Religious Observances
March 23, 2016
Purim: Esther’s Courage Leads to Social Justice Festival
Purim is a celebration of contrasts: a Jewish Queen hides her religion and saves her people. A biblical narrative does not mention the name of God.
Holidays
December 11, 2015
Chanukah and Religious Interpretations of Class Struggle
Chanukah should be seen as a struggle for liberation, not only from an external enemy, not only from an internal oppressor, but from a greed that stifles the human spirit.