Decadence, Sickness, and Death: Mourning and the Israel-Hamas War
Irving (Yitz) Greenberg once said about talking or writing about the Holocaust, “Don’t say anything…
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In Israel, Left and Right Join to Protest New Government Threat to Democracy — What’s Striking is What’s Missing
A week after elections that produced the most far-right government in Israel’s history, the protests…
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Critics of Hasidic Schools Exposé Missed the Point: It Wasn’t Antisemitic or the Product of Secular Bias — It’s a Story of Corruption
When I was in yeshiva in Boro Park in the early 80s, I was asked…
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Chicago Synagogue Excoriated For Shift From ‘Non’ to ‘Anti’ Zionism — Maybe the Problem isn’t the ‘Anti’ But the ‘Zionism’
Progressive synagogue Tzedek Chicago, founded in 2015 and led by Rabbi Brant Rosen, recently made…
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Is Zionism No Longer Able to Offer Solutions to the Present Reality?
“Zionists just want to be happy.” – Hermann Cohen I do not think it’s…
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Savoring the Haterade: Why Jews Love Dara Horn’s ‘People Love Dead Jews’
I am a Jew. And I am alive. As a scholar of Judaism I spend…
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Are We Seeing the End of the ‘Good Arabs’ in Israel?
For anyone who follows the conflict in Israel/Palestine, the latest conflagration seems all too familiar….
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As Transition Looms, Jewish Studies is Mired in Controversy
What is the state of Jewish Studies in America? This question has been raised anew…
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How Did Hasidic Jewry Become a Stronghold of Trumpism?
Is American Hasidism in crisis? After successfully rebuilding its institutions after the war, Hasidism in…
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High Holidays Watch: Seth Rogen’s Latest Highlights the ‘American Pickle’ of Living with Death
Warning: Spoilers ahead I dare say that nobody decides to watch the new Seth…
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