Nasso: Near & Far
byThe Torah’s different ways of addressing the personal crises people face might carry a dangerous side effect of too heavily focussing on the individual.
Embracing Israel’s ‘Disrupter’ Role
bySince the time of Avraham, the Israelite identity has carried within it an impulse to challenge empire.
Is it Ever Permissible to Surrender Land?
byThere’s one potential scenario in which Jewish law could permit the Israeli state to relinquish territory.
Bamidbar: The Collective & the Individual
byWhen confronting the challenges of Bamidbar, the Torah strikes a balance between the value of the individual & the importance of the collective.
Netanyahu Seeks Israel’s Independence from the United States
byDespite his diplomatic language, the prime minister clearly sees the urgent need to free Israel from any future economic dependency on Washington.
Must Jewish Militancy be ‘Right’?
byHow the JDL found itself on the American right & why it’s important to challenge that positioning as Diaspora Jews experience renewed radicalization.
Beḥukotai: In Your Anger May You Remember Compassion
byWithin the framework of nature, six represents creation & the seven represents a goal to be achieved within creation. Eight is beyond nature.
Smotrich Misses the Point
byFor Israel to move forward, figures like Betzalel Smotrich (or at least his voters) need to understand how wrong their conception of Israel’s position is.
A Deep Dive into Foundational Concepts
byCan spiritual values be expressed in the material world without engaging in ‘political’ activities?
Behar: A Visitor or a Resident?
byBecause we’re not currently threatened by the over attachment to our land Shmita is meant to offset, legal innovations to bypass some of its laws help us to better live according to the Torah’s higher ideals.
Must Israel Exist?
byWhat gives the State of Israel a ‘right to exist’ depends on the ideological lens through which one understands our current moment of history.
They Got the Wrong Guy
byIt’s honestly really embarrassing for me to be accused of something as ridiculous as this.