Alana M. Vincent

None Is Still Too Many: Holocaust Commemoration and Historical Anesthetization

This chapter highlights the tension between political engagement with Holocaust commemoration and responses to the current refugee crisis. Through an examination of historical sources, Alana Vincent makes the case that in spite of the rhetoric of “Never Again!” deployed in connection to the Holocaust, responses to the reality of refugees have changed very little since the 1930s.

The Rabbi on the Train: Reflections on Forgiveness

This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Jewish Quartely on 02/10/2015, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/0449010X.2015.1084699

The Rabbi on the Train

This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Jewish Quartely on 02/10/2015, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/0449010X.2015.1084699

The Rabbi on the Train: Questions of Forgiveness

This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Jewish Quartely on 02/10/2015, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/0449010X.2015.1084699

The work of creation: Image, idolatry, and Jewish discourse in theology and the arts

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Asher Lev at the Israel Museum: Stereotyping Art and Craft

In Chaim Potok’s novel My Name is Asher Lev, there is a scene in which the eponymous protagonist, searching for some means by which to reconcile his drive to create art with his Jewish heritage, visits the Jewish Museum in New York City. There, he sees: Torah crowns, Torah pointers, Torah covers, spice boxes, illuminated manuscripts. Some were very fine pieces of work. But there was no art. It was all crafts and unmoving. I felt vaguely betrayed.1

Seeking the Female Face of God: A Feminist Liturgical Reading

This article pursues a reading of Melissa Raphael’s book, The Female Face of God in Auschwitz, from a liturgical perspective, in the context of previous feminist theological scholarship, seeking to uncover the precise implications the protection of God’s presence has for contemporary Jewish worship. By reading Raphael in conversation with both the heritage of Jewish feminist liturgical innovation and the heritage of post-Holocaust theological discourse, the article uncovers both the disruption the Holocaust brings to Jewish practice, and the constructive potential of feminist post-Holocaust theology.