News (2020)1 January 2021|Musar NewsQuote of the MonthPhoto: NLI כִּי נֵר מִצְוָה וְתוֹרָה אוֹר וְדֶרֶךְ חַיִּים תּוֹכְחוֹת מוּסָר "For the commandment is a lamp, the teaching is a light, And the way to life is...1 December 2020|Musar NewsQuote of the MonthPhoto: NLI"Moral treatises [...] are an invasion into the most private interiors of our nervous system. They not only impinge on our esthetic or intellectual...2 November 2020|Musar NewsSuccessful Application for a German-Israeli Minerva SchoolPhoto: Minerva StiftungWe are pleased to announce that Patrick B. Koch and Leore Sachs-Shmueli (Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan) have been successful in their application to...1 November 2020|Musar NewsQuote of the MonthPhoto: NLI"Fifteen qualities distinguish the aspiring sage: he walks graciously; he sits piously; he discerns wisely; he fears watchfully; he knows sharply; he...5 October 2020|Musar NewsLecture "A Brief History of the Jewish Taste for Horror"Photo: P. KochWe cordially invite you to join Ilaria Briata's live illustrated zoom lecture "A Brief History of the Jewish Taste for Horror" on Monday, October, at...1 October 2020|Musar NewsQuote of the MonthPhoto: NLI"Hebrew has a term – musar – which if not strictly coterminous with 'ethics' nonetheless points in that direction. … This literature looks … to what...1 September 2020|Musar NewsQuote of the MonthPhoto: NLI"For an artist who has the tool of his art in his hand can do his work but if he does not have the tool of his art he can do nothing. Therefore...10 August 2020|Musar NewsSpecial Issue "Mysticism, Pietism, Morality"Photo: BrillWe are pleased to announce the publication of "Mysticism, Pietism, Morality," a special issue of the European Journal of Jewish Studies 14.2 (2020). 1 August 2020|Musar NewsQuote of the MonthPhoto: NLI"There are four types of students: the sponge, the funnel, the strainer, and the sieve. The sponge absorbs everything. The funnel takes in at one end...9 July 2020|Musar NewsFollow us on FacebookPhoto: I. BriataThe Emmy Noether Junior Research Group "Jewish Moralistic Writings of the Early Modern Period" is now on Facebook.3 July 2020|Musar NewsMusar Project featured in the Newsletter of the VJDPhoto: VJDThe Emmy Noether Junior Research Group "Jewish Moralistic Writings of the Early Modern Period" is featured in the July newsletter of the German...1 July 2020|Musar NewsQuote of the MonthPhoto: NLI"And what’s a Musarnik?" Hannah asked."A Musarnik?" The visitor wrinkled his brow and hugged the empty tea glass with his fingers. "A Musarnik is a...