Letter to My Israeli Peers
by“The whole world is a very narrow bridge, but the main thing is for us to not have any fear at all.”
(Rebbi Naḥman of Breslov)
The Jonathan Pollard Affair
byThe Jonathan Pollard Affair was an earthquake that fueled accusations of duel loyalty & raised a cloud of suspicion against the US Jewish community.
The Problem with ‘Hasbara’
byThe story of the Jewish people is a difficult story to share with outsiders because it doesn’t fit into the frameworks & categories familiar to most people.
Diaspora Condemnation of Israel’s National-Religious Youth (with Ben Greenfield)
byWhat does ‘Religious Zionism’ mean to Diaspora Jews who identify with that label today & how do those Jews look at Israel’s national-religious youth?
The End of the Soviet Jewry Struggle
byThe 1980s saw a conflation of US Cold War policies & the struggle to free the Jews of the Soviet Union.
The Plutocracy Coalition Must Fall
byContrary to what the Bennett-Lapid government & its supporters claim, it doesn’t unify opposing sectors of Israeli society but merely brings together various flavors of the same ideological camp.
Blue Springs
byAs the fingers move and the heart quivers, Attached, Attached, To her ever being. The sounds of a great symphony, An allure of victory….
A Portrait of American Jewry, circa 1984
byJewish communities in the United States underwent significant cultural & political shifts in the 1980s.
How Do We Think of the Term ‘Israeli’? (with Shammai Siskind)
byAs the Bennett-Lapid plutocracy collapses, we should examine whether Israelis experience the term ‘Israeli’ as referring to a civic national or ethnic national (children of Israel) identity.
Connecting to our Land on Shavuot
byThe festival of Shavuot is about creating a free civilization in our own land, with a cultural inheritance and deep sense of collective purpose.
Shushan, the Capital
byIn Shushan, the capital, All is well. The drinks are flowing, The food is abundant. It’s all kosher! As they chuckle on by. We…
In Conversation with an American Rabbi (with Rabbi Mark Wildes)
byHow easy is it to shift the paradigm through which Diaspora Jewish leaders understand Israeli issues?