“…how did a people that envisions itself in prayer as a community of tents, itinerant in the wilderness, become so fixated on construction projects?”
The fact that Oz is an outspoken opponent of occupation and the policies required...
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“…this restlessness is the psychological, spiritual epicenter of Jewishness as it has been enacted, transacted, and transmitted for centuries”
Midway through Salt Houses — the stunning debut novel by Hala Alyan about four...
“Those who remember the physical insecurity of the pre-’67 borders largely accept the moral insecurity of the post-’67 realities as easier to tolerate”
For the Jewish people, the Six-Day War entailed a trade of mythology for security...
“The people of Israel will not prove itself worthy of its land by listing more companies on NASDAQ or with an increased number of start-ups…”
The State of Israel exists, first and foremost, as the nation-state of the Jewish...
“Our historic obligation, today, is to raise ourselves from a people to a holy nation, from the covenant of Egypt to the covenant at Sinai…”
Our historic obligation, today, is to raise ourselves from a people to a holy...
“…it may be stated that the covenant in Egypt was a covenant of fate, while the covenant at Sinai was a covenant of destiny”
When we probe the nature of our historical existence, we arrive at a very...
“Israel was a collective statement on the part of an oppressed and persecuted people that they were tired of being afraid…”
For thousands of years to be a Jew meant being afraid. Afraid of anti-Semites,...
“The Jewish nation experienced collective pain this summer”
The Jewish nation experienced collective pain this summer, as Jews around the world rallied...
“We have fallen victim to a sociological and anthropological approach, which has led to the vulgarization of Jewish education’
We have fallen victim to a sociological and anthropological approach, which has led to...