J. N.Negative CoronationKings and Priests have a common unction of holy oil, a common spirit of sanctification, a common quality of benediction … whatever they do…6 min read·May 4, 2023----
J. N.Song of Songs 4–5.5: Translation and CommentaryIn my senior year at Oberlin I was asked to prepare a twenty-verse section from the Hebrew Bible as the final assignment for a translation…6 min read·Mar 28, 2023----
J. N.Forms of Life: Poetry and ReligionIn his essay “Pascoli and the Thought of the Voice” Giorgio Agamben treats a linguistic impulse in the poetry of Giovanni Pascoli toward…17 min read·Mar 22, 2023----
J. N.Of a Veiled SovereignRoyalty on earth is like royalty in heaven. (Berakhot 58a)21 min read·Mar 16, 2023----
J. N.Getting Serious About RevelryAn unseasonable confession: I hate drunkenness. I hate being drunk and drunk people in turn repel me. Drinking isn’t something I…8 min read·Mar 5, 2023--2--2
J. N.Monarchy and MetaphorThe Holy One, Blessed be He, said: Sing to me on Rosh Hashanah verses of kingship […] that I might be your king. (TB Rosh Hashanah 34b)7 min read·Sep 28, 2022--1--1
J. N.You Pour Me Like WaterIn the haftorah of Rosh Hashanah we read of Chana, an apparently barren woman who would come miraculously to conceive and give birth to…5 min read·Sep 6, 2022----
J. N.Kabbalah Studies and the Woman Question“Woman makes a hole in language … we fail to say her.” (Pierre Naveau)12 min read·Aug 16, 2022----