[This "Between Jerusalem & Benares" home page has been visited 52 times since 10 March 2007]
Here are articles submitted by friends that are worthy of discussion though we may not subscribe to them in part (or even in full). The primary criterion for inclusion is that the submitter genuinely holds these beliefs and is willing to enter into dialogue with others, who are likewise attempting to get to the bottom of the issues. Wherever relevant, background notes on the friend and on the article have also been provided. Sunthar may have also added his own, hopefully measured, comments on the main argument. You'll find the correspondence (not only around these articles), at the Abhinavagupta (or other relevant) forum. Some of these dialogues—often multilogues—have been compiled, edited and reformatted into digests that are enumerated as hyperlinks within the last (Dialogues) item under participant's name below. Contributors should feel free to modify their views in the light of the evolving discussions.
[Aline Mopsik's Jerusalem-Benares profile has been visited 158 x since 10th March 2007]
[Ari Alexander's Jerusalem-Benares profile has been visited 14 x since 10th March 2007]
Children of Abraham - Jewish-Muslim dialogue (2004 photo-essay; fact-sheet) - note [external]
Beirut and Belfast: Two Deeply Divided Cities, their Schools and Post-War Integration Notice: Undefined index: Ari Alexander - Beirut and Belfast: Two Deeply Divided Cities in D:\Hosting\8558261\html\mainpages.php on line 183 [ viewed 0x since 10 March 2007]
Israel and Anti-Gentile Traditions
[Catherine Chaliers Jerusalem-Benares profile has been visited 159 x since 10th March 2007]
[Charles Mopsik's Jerusalem-Benares profile has been visited 9 x since 10th March 2007]
Visit site of the Charles Mopsik Association dedicated to his life-work (in French) [external]
Testimonies: Aline Mopsik (French)
Rivon Krygier (French)
Jean Baumgarten (French)
Chalom ben Avraham ve-Arlette (French)
Michel Valensi (French)
Moshe IdelUnion and Unity in Kabbala (and Hindu Tantrism) [1994] - (français) [ viewed 2201x since 24 March 2007]
Journal des Études de la Cabale / Journal of Kabbalah Studies - French [external]
[Elizabeth Visuvalingam's Jerusalem-Benares profile has been visited 44 x since 17 November 2009]
Karmic passages: Israeli scholarship on India (book review) - Summer 2009 [ viewed 156x since 17 November 2009]
Do you know the Jews of India? (French) - 198? [pending]
Union and Unity in Hindu Tantrism (with Charles Mopsik) - 1991 [ viewed 1851x since 10 March 2007]
[Jonathan Garb's Jerusalem-Benares profile has been visited 622 x since 10th March 2007]
Power and Kavannah (Intention) in Kabbalah - Ph.D. abstract (2000) [ viewed 494x since 10 March 2007]
Kinds of Power: Rabbinic Texts and the Kabbalah (2001) [pending]
[Moshe Idel's Jerusalem-Benares profile has been visited 814 x since 10th March 2007]
Check out this bibliography Moshe Idel's works in print (additions) - note [external]
'Unio Mystica' as Criterion: Observations on 'Hegelian' Phenomenologies of Mysticism [external]
False Messiahs: What prompted Jewish messianic zeal in the 16th and 17th centuries? [external]
Challenging the Master: critique of Gershom Scholem (Odenheimer) - note [external]
Dream techniques in Jewish mysticism (2005) [external]
Absorbing Perfections: Kabbalah and Interpretation (review) - note [external]
Pardes: the Quest for Spiritual Paradise in Judaism - note [external]
Report on Idel's visit to Romania in late Feb 2003 - note [external]
[Nathan's & Ellen's Jerusalem-Benares profile has been visited 420 x since 2 April 2007]
Visit Nathan's Indo-Judaic homepage -note [external]
Scholar envisions the study of spirituality as a cultural force (Sep. 24, 2005) [external]
Jerusalem in Benares, Tikkun (date???)
[Paul Fenton's Jerusalem-Benares profile has been visited 46 x since 03 February 2011]
Visit Paul's homepages at the Laboratory for the Study of Monotheisms (CNRS) - note [external]
Khalwa (Solitary Meditation) as a Spiritual Exercise among the Judeo-Sufis in 13th c. Egypt (Sunthar's lecture-notes) - 27 January 2011
Sufi-Jewish exchanges down the Ages (Sunthar's lecture-notes) - 24-26 January 2011 [ viewed 939x since 27 March 2007]
The Exile in the Maghreb - the Jewish condition in Islam (1148-1912) - French - 25 November 2011 [external]
Scriptural exegesis in Kabbala and Sufism (French video, 26 February 2009) - note [external]
Lesser and greater Jihad in Sufism and Judaism ( YouTube, Lapis Magazine 2007) - note [external]
The Treatise of the Pool: Al-Mawala Al Hawdiyya (Obadyah Maimonides) - June 1981
[Sadia Shepard's Jerusalem-Benares profile has been visited 235 x since 17 May 2009]
Visit Sadia's homepage for filmography, photos, writing, events, press notes, etc. - note [external]
The Global Family - review of Minal Hajratwala, Leaving India: My Family's Journey from Five Villages to Five Continents
Squalor not Scenery: The Real Roots of the ‘Slumdog’ Protests (20 February 2009) - note [external]
Targeting tolerance in Bombay (04 December 2008) - note [external]
[Sunthar Visuvalingam's Jerusalem-Benares profile has been visited 0 x since 11 November 2011]
Union and Unity in Judaism and Hinduism (with Charles Mopsik & Elizabeth Visuvalingam) - 1991 [ viewed 939x since 27 March 2007]