Rabbi Jacob Staub’s account of the golden calf is much different, and a lot more fun, than the Exodus version.
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A Positive Spin on the Golden Calf
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Desire Intensified by Separation
In my current living relationship, I see my wife for only short periods every two or three months. A passage in John Fowles’s “French Lieutenant Woman” is helping me get through the long absences.
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Facing Our Inner Black Cat
Poe’s “Black Cat” has a special attraction for college students–and for good reason.
How to Analyze Fantasy Projections
What fantasy means in 15 simple steps.
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“100 Years of Solitude” vs. United Fruit
In a battle between Garcia Marquez’s “100 Years of Solitude” and the corporate behemoth United Fruit, the novel ultimately won.
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