Jennifer Seligman is an independent scholar in Jewish history and a history teacher at the Upper School of the Dwight-Englewood School (Englewood, NJ). She received her MA in Medieval Jewish History at the Bernard Revel Graduate School of Jewish Studies at Yeshiva University, where she was also a PhD candidate. She is a graduate of the Drisha Scholar Circle at the Drisha Institute for Jewish Education. She has been published in AJS Perspectives and has presented papers at domestic and international conferences, including the Association for Jewish Studies and the Jewish Law Association. Seligman also teaches Suzuki method violin in her home studio.
Last Updated
May 30, 2025
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Why did Laban accept that Rachel could not rise before him when she said, “For the way of women was upon me”? Why does the Torah forbid sexual relations during menstruation? Nahmanides’ answers place him at the crossroads of medieval science and mysticism.
Why did Laban accept that Rachel could not rise before him when she said, “For the way of women was upon me”? Why does the Torah forbid sexual relations during menstruation? Nahmanides’ answers place him at the crossroads of medieval science and mysticism.
In 1096, the Crusaders captured the Holy Land from the Seljuk Turks. On the way, they stopped in Jewish communities throughout the Rhineland and massacred them in the name of Christ. Robert the Monk drew on the biblical song of the sea to highlight God’s support for the crusade, while the Chronicle of Solomon bar Simson used Psalms and Lamentations to articulate Jewish suffering and martyrdom.
In 1096, the Crusaders captured the Holy Land from the Seljuk Turks. On the way, they stopped in Jewish communities throughout the Rhineland and massacred them in the name of Christ. Robert the Monk drew on the biblical song of the sea to highlight God’s support for the crusade, while the Chronicle of Solomon bar Simson used Psalms and Lamentations to articulate Jewish suffering and martyrdom.
