Binyamin
A son of my pain Though he never shed a tear. An orphan at birth Though his father breathed near. Scorned by his brothers…
Lindsey Graham, Jewish Belonging & the US-Israel Relationship
We must come to terms with the fact that the Jewish experience in the United States, like the US-Israel relationship, is a textbook case of epistemic capture.
Embracing Israel’s ‘Disrupter’ Role
Since the time of Avraham, the Israelite identity has carried within it an impulse to challenge empire.
‘Together’: Israel’s Liberal Plutocracy Party
The Bennett-Lapid merger seeks to revive the spirit of the ‘change government’ & prevent Israel from transforming into a more deeply Jewish state.
Awarding the Emperor an Independence Day Prize
The image of Israel awarding its highest civilian honor to Donald Trump projects the very opposite of Jewish independence & empowerment.
A ‘Good Republican’ Won’t Save the Jews
Aligning the US Jewish community with American conservatism ultimately advances the ideological & civilizational tilt of Israel’s historic adversaries.
The Shallow Application of Memory
On Purim, Jews don’t celebrate the overthrow of a hegemonic empire but instead commemorate mere survival within that empire’s ideological confines.
That Anti-Semitism Commercial Reinforces Anti-Semitism
Robert Kraft’s Super Bowl ad is an extravagant caricature of the US Jewish community’s many fruitless efforts to fight anti-Semitism while unwittingly reinforcing anti-Jewish tropes.
Developing a Jewish Line on Iran
While Jews have good reason to seek the fall of the Ayatollah’s regime, calling for a return to something resembling Iran under the Shah is essentially supporting the interests of Western oil companies.
Are US Jews Ignoring the Small Shofar?
The tragedy of Jews on the American right isn’t that the empire is crumbling — but that they built their identities on the assumption that it never would.
Netanyahu Antagonizes ‘Jewish American’ Contradictions
Because Jews now enjoy self-determination in the land of our ancestors, we can choose to drop the project of American success in exchange for the more rewarding one of rebuilding our civilization.
When Zionists Celebrate Israel’s Defeat
We are elated to see our captives return. But we can’t fool ourselves into thinking that we attained victory.