“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...
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“Belonging to Israel in the Diaspora is, in itself, a spiritual act. It is utterly inconvenient to be a Jew”
Belonging to Israel in the Diaspora is, in itself, a spiritual act. It is...
“…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...
“…inextricably linked the cause of Zionism to the politics of the conservative right, thereby shifting Zionist discourse towards increasingly extreme ends”
The abandonment of the two-state formula and the refusal to condemn racist incitement from...
“There is a dramatic imbalance between the way Jews perceive themselves and the ways we are perceived by others”
There is a dramatic imbalance between the way Jews perceive themselves and the ways...
“The aspects of secular Jewish culture that America has embraced are barely Jewish anymore…”
…as Jews have moved fully into the cultural mainstream, it’s become harder to identify...
“It is ultimately up to Diaspora Jews to make a decision. You are either native to Eretz Yisrael or…”
It is ultimately up to Diaspora Jews to make a decision. You are either...
“Most Jews fear to read the New Testament, and most Christians read the New Testament unaware it is permeated with Jewish ideas and images”
Most Jews fear to read the New Testament, and most Christians read the New...
“Globalization is not comfortable — it challenges long-held assumptions and can be humbling and even humiliating. For us, it’s a historical default position”
The jazz pianist Herbie Hancock said that, “Globalization means we have to re-examine some...
“…Jews who don’t know how to be Jewish because they lack the guidance of organized religion”
…Jews who don’t know how to be Jewish because they lack the guidance of...