Who is Amalek?
byWhere does Israel’s historic arch foe come from?
What are its foundational beliefs?
Who can best be identified as Amalek in modern times from the perspective of Jewish historiography?
Purim
Purim Epistemology
byJust a little touch of pre-Purim madness for you…
Alone at Aḥashverosh’s Party
byDoes no one else feel the gravitational pull of our homeland? That powerful force of love and longing?
Purim Shpiel
byOur fathers now lived as a third generation In Babylon’s lands as a subpopulation But fifty-plus years since our forced emigration Just how does…
In Search of Joy
byThe world as it currently exists creates formidable obstacles for people seeking to find true joy in life.
Revealing the Hidden on Purim
byThe rituals & customs of Purim help us to recognize the Creator behind the curtains of our reality.
Z’khor Y’mot Olam: Adar
byEven in our own times, we can see sparks of the liberating potential of the month of Adar.
Breaking Free from Aḥashverosh
byThe 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.
Purim
byMordekhai rejected the notion that Israel was weak and recognized his people’s true inner potential.
Purim & Amalek
byConscious of the connection between himself and the Amalekite Haman, Hitler stated in a January 30, 1944 speech that if the Nazis were defeated, the Jews would likely celebrate ‘a second Purim.’