Welcoming Jonathan to Israel & Responding to The Daily Beast
byA ‘Prep-School Gangster turned West Bank Rabbi’ responds to The Daily Beast & shares his thoughts on the Jewish reaction to Pollard’s arrival in Israel.
Mashiaḥ ben Yosef (II)
byWhat is the force of Yosef in the collective Hebrew identity and what is its relevance to contemporary cultural conflicts in the State of Israel?
On the Wings of Eagles
byMy brother, my friend For so long, so long bound in misery and chains of iron your liver pecked out by those vultures, those…
Vayeḥi: Demystifying the Tribes of Israel
byWhat are the individual contributions of each Hebrew tribe to Israel’s national collective?
Welcome Home Jonathan
byAlthough Jonathan Pollard has returned home to the State of Israel, the US Jewish community must find the courage to confront the implications of his story.
Tevet
byLook back one more time At the lights in the window Flickering, warming Smiling sadly To send me on my way A tear trickles…
Vayigash: Recognizing Yosef
byDid Yosef use the famine to bring his family down to Egypt in hopes of implementing an alternative approach to the Hebrew mission in the Diaspora?
Mashiaḥ ben Yosef (I)
byWhat is the force of Yosef in the collective Hebrew identity & what is its relevance to contemporary cultural conflicts in the State of Israel?
Asara B’Tevet
byThere is an undercurrent in Jerusalem Blood stirs in the people And the people throb like blood. Through veins they whimper at the guards…
Protestors Demand Justice for Teenager Killed While Fleeing Police
byThe fact that authorities took aggressive measures to keep paramedics and even a Knesset lawmaker away from the accident scene will only increase suspicions that the police caused Sandak’s death.
Mikeitz: Egypt’s Hebrew Viceroy
byDid Yosef seek to transform Egypt into a civilization built on Hebrew values that would repair the world?
Decolonize Ḥanukah (with Aryeh Shapiro)
byApplying Frantz Fanon’s basic framework from ‘The Wretched of the Earth’ helps us to better understand Seleucid-Greek rule in Judea, as well as the popular guerrilla uprising that rose out of the Jewish people.