The Forward

Spanish Civil Servant Dumped Work for 6 Years To Study Baruch Spinoza

Sign up for Forwarding the News, our essential morning briefing with trusted, nonpartisan news and analysis, curated by Senior Writer Benyamin Cohen. A Spanish civil ...
The Forward

Should Baruch Spinoza Be Brought Back Into Jewish Fold — 350 Years Later?

(JTA) — More than 350 years after this city’s Portuguese Jewish community excommunicated Baruch Spinoza and banned his writings for eternity, the philosopher’s books are for sale at the souvenir shop ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Amsterdam’s Portuguese Jews banned philosopher Baruch Spinoza. 360 years later, could the ban be lifted?

AMSTERDAM (JTA) – More than 350 years after this city’s Portuguese Jewish community excommunicated Baruch Spinoza and banned his writings for eternity, the philosopher’s books are for sale at the ...
Jewish Journal

Was Spinoza a Victim of Cancel Culture?

Baruch Spinoza’s life was a product of paradox. The 17th century, in Europe, was a time of both barbarous sectarianism and unprecedented human achievement. It was an era of new ideas — ideas that ...
Los Angeles Times

Spinoza’s not a problem for Irvin Yalom

Is there room for a novel about Baruch Spinoza in a publishing market crowded with supernatural creatures and kinky romance? Irvin D. Yalom thinks so. In fact, there’s plenty of room to describe the ...