Ḥayei Sarah: Perfection of the Living Sacrifice
Following her death, Sarah’s powerful legacy continued to influence Avraham and play a major role in their family’s development into a nation.
Vayeira: Sarah’s Role in the Hebrew Mission
What challenges was our matriarch Sarah forced to overcome in order to fully play her part in establishing the Hebrew nation with Avraham?
Lekh Lekha: From Avram to Avraham
How the leader of a universal spiritual movement learned to reorient himself to the understanding that his goals for humanity could only be achieved through the vehicle of a nation in a specific land.
Noaḥ: The Mystery of the Flood
Why does the Torah use the Name that connotes Divine mercy rather than Divine judgement when telling of the Creator’s decision to destroy humankind? Could there be more to this story?
On Jews & Whiteness
Due to differing definitions of ‘whiteness’ in different communities, being called white can be highly offensive for Jews while claiming Jews aren’t white can be exasperating for racialized groups.
Differentiating Between Two Wars
How we relate to these wars is significant because it expresses how we understand Jewish liberation, its objectives and what policies we are willing to support in our current chapter of Israel’s story.
Celebrating San Remo Exposes Zionism’s Deep Conceptual Flaw
The same Zionists that use San Remo as a legal argument for Jewish sovereignty tend to also accept the legitimacy of foreign leaders ‘granting’ Israel permission to build in or annex our homeland today.
Gratitude Following the WZO Elections
I like to think we ran a campaign that raised the level of conversation and forced people to think about what the next goals of Jewish liberation might be.
Sukkot, Tshuva & Gog u’Magog
Unlike most of the festivals on the Hebrew calendar, Sukkot commemorates an event that takes place in the future but has ramifications for the present.
Celebrating the 18th of Elul
The 18th of Elul was once a Hebrew festival marking the day Shimon HaTarsi achieved full independence for Judea from Seleucid-Greek rule after a brutal guerrilla war spanning nearly three decades.
Breaking Free from Aḥashverosh
The objective shouldn’t have been greater proximity to power – to replace Haman with Mordekhai as prime minister – but rather the dismantling of an unjust system and a mass return to Jerusalem.
Mourning Days of Tevet
The fact that Jews still fast on this day thousands of years later speaks volumes about the length, depth & power of Israel’s collective memory.