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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.
By now we should know that peace won’t come to this region through imposing Western nation-state structures and drawing neat lines that separate peoples from their identities and sacred lands.
The role anti-Semitism has played in maintaining oppressive systems of power is very similar to that of anti-im/migrant oppression.
Shmita not only expresses the Jewish people’s unique and intimate relationship with the land of Israel but also frames how we relate to economic activity and experience time.
Of all the Jews murdered throughout history, why should we fast for G’dalia ben-Aḥikam? There must be a reason beyond the assassination itself.
About a month before I embarked on my summer in Israel, the United States decided to move its embassy to Jerusalem, acting through a…
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.
I respect Noam Chomsky. He’s a brilliant thinker with much to teach us on morality, language, education, and so many other issues. But he…
The definitive feature of a Hellenized Jew under Seleucid-Greek rule in ancient Judea wasn’t a lack of adherence to Torah law but rather the adoption of a Greek lens through which to view the world.
What’s wrong with Eurovision coming to Israel? Let me count the ways. Israel isn’t a part of Europe. Competing in European sports leagues and…
Liberalism is becoming less fashionable every day. Looking at the situation realistically makes it easy to understand why. Liberals are an out-of-touch elite that…
I made Aliyah five years ago and spent my first three and a half years in the country on Kibbutz Alumim, a small dati…