March 2026

Coffee with Maharshal

☕️ An early modern pillar of the burgeoning Polish-Lithuanian Jewish community, Maharshal was a strikingly original thinker and critic of codification.

Mar 11 • Dr. Tamar Marvin

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January 2026

Coffee with Rema

☕️ The "Rambam of Poland" made the Shulḥan Arukh acceptable to Ashkenazi Jewry with his glosses, also creating original works of Halakhah and…

Jan 11 • Dr. Tamar Marvin

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June 2025

Coffee with Terumat ha-Deshen

☕ Before Coffee with the Achronim kicks off, a virtual cup with a transitional figure that some call the first Acharon: Yisrael Isserlein, the pious…

Jun 25, 2025 • Dr. Tamar Marvin

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May 2025

Start Here

A Guide & Index to Stories from Jewish History

May 28, 2025 • Dr. Tamar Marvin

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The Curious Case of Eldad ha-Dani

🗺️ Eldad ha-Dani turned up in Qayrawan, Tunisia, one day in the late ninth century, claiming to be of the lost tribe of Dan and possessed of halachot…

May 8, 2025 • Dr. Tamar Marvin

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February 2025

The Last Maimonidean Controversy? The Controversy of 1304-1307

🎓 We have a rich trove of sources documenting the Maimonidean controversy of 1304-1307, which drew in the Rashba, allowing us to see how the nature of…

Feb 3, 2025 • Dr. Tamar Marvin

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November 2024

Every New Beginning*

👩🏻‍💻 An important newsletter announcement. (Yes, I'm going to keep writing! Just in a new format.)

Nov 18, 2024 • Dr. Tamar Marvin

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October 2024

Resurgence of Controversy: R. Shlomo Petit vs. R. Hillel of Verona & R. Shem Tov Ibn Falaquera

🎓 In the late 1280s, the attempt to ban Sefer ha-Madda and Moreh ha-Nevuchim resurfaced—but was firmly stamped out by Maimonideans, east and west.

Oct 28, 2024 • Dr. Tamar Marvin

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Audio | Resurgence of Controversy: R. Shlomo Petit vs. R. Hillel of Verona & R. Shem Tov Ibn Falaquera

🎓 In the late 1280s, the attempt to ban Sefer ha-Madda and Moreh ha-Nevuchim resurfaced—but was firmly stamped out by Maimonideans, east and west.

Oct 27, 2024 • Dr. Tamar Marvin

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Where Books Burn: The Maimonidean Controversy of the 1230s

🎓 The controversy about Rambam's theological stances, halachic method, and legal rulings, which simmered from the time of Raavad and Ramah, exploded in…

Oct 16, 2024 • Dr. Tamar Marvin

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Audio | Where Books Burn: The Maimonidean Controversy of the 1230s

🎓 The controversy about Rambam's theological stances, halachic method, and legal rulings, which simmered from the time of Raavad and Ramah, exploded in…

Oct 16, 2024 • Dr. Tamar Marvin

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