What does it mean to be a nomadic people? For most of our long history, Jews have been nomads. It’s only recently that we’ve started to settle down. But have we lost something in that process? Has Judaism lost some of its vitality in the absence of movement, which has defined so much of its history?
In a challenging essay in the academic journal Sh’ma titled “I Wander, Therefore I Am,” professor Shaul Magid confronts these questions and explores the essential role the nomadic life has played in the Jewish experience.
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