Ernest Rubinstein

Professor Rubinstein works at the intersection of religion, philosophy, and literature. He has written four books: An Episode of Jewish Romanticism (1999), on the philosopher Franz Rosenzweig; Religion and the Muse (2008), on the relation between religion and literature; From Ecclesiastes to Simone Weil: Varieties of Philosophical Spirituality, (2014); and, A Liminal Space: Between Judaism and Christianity (2021). His current book project is on Jewish philosophy as a resource for secular Jews. He has taught at Drew University, Rutgers University, and the New School. Professor Rubinstein teaches philosophy and religion courses at NYU SPS.