Observation ·
Even at the Hebrew University at mid-century, when the likes of Martin Buber and Gershom Scholem walked the halls, Pines stood out for his prodigious knowledge of everything.
Observation ·
Prewar, no countries had wanted to take in Europe’s Jews. Postwar, many were poised to claim the spoils of the murdered—until an unprecedented group of experts stepped in.
Observation ·
How the hexagram became a Jewish symbol.
Observation ·
How an original but maddeningly opaque German Jewish intellectual became a thriving academic industry.
