Notre Dame de Paris in Flames
One cannot deny the deep and complex emotional reactions of Jews to a flaming Notre Dame.
Moshe & the 7th of Adar – A Spotlight on Divine Ḥesed
Moshe, having lived 120 years to the date of his birth, completed his role as Israel’s national leader, judge, leading prophet & even high priest.
Z’khor Y’mot Olam: Ḥanukah
We refer to our enemies in this period as ‘Yevanim’ not for geopolitical reasons, but for the primordial cultural force that they represented and spread via their temporal power.
Israel, the West & the Conflict with Edom
Just as Roman citizenship cost submission to Roman imperial culture, the cost of inclusion into liberal Western society always came with a subtle demand for cultural assimilation.
Roots
My father planted an ancient tree In foreign soil which starved its roots The tree developed, gnarled and twisted Displaying its resilience with every…
Canary Mission and the Failure of American Zionism
By ignoring our national aspirations & questions about the next stages of Jewish history, pro-Israel Diaspora Jews have directed their energies to merely defending the State of Israel’s policies & image.
Z’khor Y’mot Olam: Eleh Ezkera
The essence of the story is the total devotion each martyr had to spreading and protecting the Torah and for being lions in the struggle to free their country from Roman rule.
Z’khor Y’mot Olam: Edom
The association of Edom with Rome & the ensuing Roman destruction of Judea has marked Edom-Rome in our people’s national consciousness as the central antagonist in Israel’s collective story.
Z’khor Y’mot Olam: Amalek
Amalek persists as an enemy that threatens Israel in times of great doubt regarding our historic mission.
Z’khor Y’mot Olam: Pesaḥ
As Jewish historiography features a primordialist view of national identities, Biblical nations such as Mitzrayim are generally seen as representing timeless forces in history.
Z’khor Y’mot Olam: Shvatim
Jewish historiography presents a cyclical approach that sees primordial forces shining into our world. In this view, that which exists now is simply a filtered manifestation of that which came before.
Z’khor Y’mot Olam – Remember the Days of Old (II)
Israel’s historiographic tradition of cyclical rather than linear interpretations of historical events, reveals how these events echo our national history.