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The prophecy of Balaam “A people that dwells alone” or the prophecy of Isaiah, “A light to the nations”: Thoughts in this Precarious Moment
(for Simcha, because he asked)
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People, Faith, Nation: Exploring Judaism's Many Identities
A podcast conversation I had with Rabbi Andy Kahn of the newly revived American Council for Judaism.
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Is Zionism Supersessionism Part III: What Happened to Judaism?
“The Zionist Revolution has changed history and reinvented Judaism” Yossi Shain, The Israeli Century
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May 2025

How might R. Menachem Froman confront pro-Palestinian Protestors? A short clip from an upcoming documentary
Thanks to Harvey Stein:
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Why Jerusalem Day is Anti-Messianic: On ‘Negative’ and ‘Positive’ Unification
(thoughts from the Jerusalem Day sermons of Rav Shagar)
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Between Zionism and Pro-Israelism: Why Biden, who is a Zionist, is so reviled, and Trump, who is not, is so beloved?
"You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows"
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What is Orthodox Anti-Zionism?
A prelude and link to podcast discussion with Rabbi Daniel Levine and yours truly
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Triumphalism and Desperation, or, “To What May October 7 be Compared?”:
Is October 7 the End of an Era that Began in June 1967
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"Living in a Prayer"
Preface to Herbert Levine's new siddur *Blessed Are You, Wonderous Universe*
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April 2025

Is Religious Zionism Obsolete? Thoughts on Israel Independence Day based on Rav Shagar’s Sermon “Land and Exile: The Religious Community and…
On Israel Independence Day 1997 Rav Shagar addressed the students in his yeshiva Siah Yitzhak in Efrat on the West Bank. What is its relevance today in…
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Yom Ha-Shoah and an Ultra-Orthodox Response: "The Holocaust was a Crime against Humanity of the Bodies of the Jews" - Hannah Arendt
Reflections on Radical Evil and the Holocaust as "inverted miracle" in the thought of the Hasidic master Shalom Noah Barzofsky of Slonim
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Is Zionism Supersessionist, Part II:
Is Zionism Becoming More or Less ‘Religious’?: Thoughts on Freedom and Liberation as the Sea parts
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