Our Broken World
byWhen Israel was vulnerable in exile, we understood the brokenness of the world. But now that we have power again, we need to struggle to see injustice.
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Zealot Leaders of the Great Revolt
byWho were the major Zealot personalities leading Israel’s Great Revolt against the Roman Empire?
Experiencing 3 Major Centers of Jewish Life
byZhenia Fleisher spent significant time living in all three of the 20th Century’s major centers of Jewish life – the Soviet Union, Israel & the United States.
A Conversation on the Jews & the 1980s
byA personal & political discussion with Rav Yehuda HaKohen on the story of the Jewish people during the 1980s – both in Israel & the United States.
The Alpha Male Versus the Aleph Male (with Eitan ben Avraham)
byDo the children of Israel have something meaningful to contribute to the contemporary discourse surrounding masculinity? How can an ‘Aleph Male’ differ from an ‘Alpha Male’?
Kahanism & the Memory of the Holocaust
byUS Jews in the 1980s were as safe & comfortable as a Jewish community had ever been – yet the shadow of the Holocaust still loomed large over their identities.
The Jonathan Pollard Affair
byThe Jonathan Pollard Affair was an earthquake that fueled accusations of duel loyalty & raised a cloud of suspicion against the US Jewish community.
Diaspora Condemnation of Israel’s National-Religious Youth (with Ben Greenfield)
byWhat does ‘Religious Zionism’ mean to Diaspora Jews who identify with that label today & how do those Jews look at Israel’s national-religious youth?
The End of the Soviet Jewry Struggle
byThe 1980s saw a conflation of US Cold War policies & the struggle to free the Jews of the Soviet Union.
A Portrait of American Jewry, circa 1984
byJewish communities in the United States underwent significant cultural & political shifts in the 1980s.
How Do We Think of the Term ‘Israeli’? (with Shammai Siskind)
byAs the Bennett-Lapid plutocracy collapses, we should examine whether Israelis experience the term ‘Israeli’ as referring to a civic national or ethnic national (children of Israel) identity.
In Conversation with an American Rabbi (with Rabbi Mark Wildes)
byHow easy is it to shift the paradigm through which Diaspora Jewish leaders understand Israeli issues?