Loving the Colonizer: St. Valentine, Tu B’Av & the Christian-not-so-Judeo Civilization
byThe schism between the Western & Hebrew cultural gap is profound in Israeli society. It’s worth thinking hard about which side of the divide is truly free.
Opinion
7 Facts About Yair on the 25th of Shvat
byStern was a revolutionary poet who inspired a liberation movement that restored Jewish independence to our land after nearly 2,000 years.
Yair
byHistory is almost always advanced by the visionaries willing to dream & act while the herd merely sleeps.
The Ins & Outs of Post-Modernism
byThe reconstruction of identities and meanings happens again and again in our people’s history.
They Didn’t Teach Me Ḥanukah
byIt wasn’t until some years after I had left the Jewish education system that I realized I didn’t actually know the story behind Ḥanukah.
Z’khor Y’mot Olam: Ḥanukah
byWe 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.
Dr. Israel Eldad on the 29th of November
byOn a simple level there was happiness. The simple, apolitical happiness of Jews, happiness of ‘we will have a state of our own’ by those who only yesterday didn’t believe independence possible or necessary.
Israel, the West & the Conflict with Edom
byJust 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.
White Nationalism, Squirrel Hill, & Leaning into Our Jewish Identity
byAn important takeaway from last week’s Pittsburgh Synagogue Massacre: White Supremacist Nationalism views most minorities as inferior, as people that need to be subject…
Thoughts and Prayers Aren’t Enough
byWhen they rant about “white genocide” & “cultural Marxism,” they may not mean that Jews are literally out to kill white people. But they do mean we’re undermining the very foundations of White society.
The Challenge of Jewish Indigeneity
byJewish indigeneity to the land of Israel can’t just be a pro-Israel talking point. It must be an identity Jews internalize as part of our own decolonization.
Canary Mission and the Failure of American Zionism
byBy 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.