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Israel’s difficult balance between particularism and universalism is often highlighted around Ḥanukah, which celebrates the victory of a radical tribalist minority over the forces of cultural imperialism.
What were the Maccabees actually fighting for and how does it relate to contemporary cultural frictions within Israeli society?
Each of us is a candle We stand tall and proud, like wicks We draw on the oil of our past And buried deep…
As Leḥi’s official radio announcer, Cohen became the haunting voice of the Sternist underground in the minds of Palestine’s British occupiers.
Washington’s interests in the Semitic region have long demanded the partition of Israel into two separate states, each dependent on US economic and military aid to survive.
Pro-Israel Jews in the US frequently call out anti-Semitism on the left but tend to ignore Donald Trump’s many anti-Jewish tropes and dog whistles.
Should Diaspora Jews take responsibility for learning self-defense and firearms to better secure their own communities?
Do Jews really have a future in the United States or is this place no different from pretty much any other foreign land we’ve wandered through?
Jewish national institutions need to stop silencing and excluding student activists from meaningful participation in the World Zionist Congress.
On a rooftop Looking down Upon this scene that splits the night Mosaics blue The golden crown A plot of land that blares with…
In challenging the hegemonic power of the very concept of neutrality, we can better understand the oppressions of marginalized groups in the West.
I found a mirror one fine night and in its face were burning bright those flecks of fire, sterling white lancing the inky, earnest…