The twenty-two letters that Hebrew and Arabic both grew from, in their old order. Point at a star to read it.
From Sinai to the Stars
I’m Gil Amminadav. From Jerusalem I write poems and prayers, argue about Torah and power, build companies and software, and try to make all of it add up to one way of living.
A few names I answer to
More about me- Rational Mystic
- Reason first: nothing I believe can contradict it. Past reason there is a transrational, more poetic way of knowing, and I think it is real.
- Post-Maimonidean
- Years on Rambam’s path, now followed even where it leads away from his conclusions, toward a halakha that faces forward.
- Student of Sages
- Jewish and otherwise: Heschel, Faur, and Marcus Aurelius, with the Dhammapada and the Bhagavad Gita in my pocket. I’m learning how to be wise and good.
- Alphabetic Jew
- Judaism as a community that reads, interprets, and writes. A member of the world’s oldest book club.
- Pro-Palestinian Libertarian Socialist
- One state with equal citizenship for everyone. A socialist, not a Bolshevik: most things are best governed locally, with technology backing civil society.
- Intergalactic Zionist
- Zionism as a civilizational project of ever-wider horizons, for all of humanity and every sentient being. What I mean by it
Latest writing
All writing- 24 October 2026י״ג בחשוון תשפ״זNote
A Question for Every Candidate
If an independent Palestinian state does not emerge, what concrete legal and political rights should Palestinians living under continuing Israeli authority have, and what legislative steps would you support to...
- 22 October 2026י״א בחשוון תשפ״זEssay
Embracing the Stranger
For 3600 years, being Jewish at its core meant being accepted by a Jewish community. Not descent from a special family. Not lip service to a particular dogma. When Jewish...
- 17 October 2026ו׳ בחשוון תשפ״זNote
The Party Party
The Party Party. מפלגת המסיבה. Pizza for everyone, live music with everyone, solidarity with everyone ✊️ And the best Solarpunk Libertarian Socialist platform of any party (see pinned post) A...
- 9 October 2026כ״ח בתשרי תשפ״זNote
God Is an Anarchist
Consider: "God is an anarchist" A sketch of an impression of what I drew from the well of José Faur: literature, not theology. Discussion, not domination. Self-organization around books. The...
- 8 October 2026כ״ז בתשרי תשפ״זNote
Why We Create
The general fear, mistrust, anxiety, and personal nearly existential threat so many talented creative people feel regarding AI is saddening. I feel like they don't truly value their own creative...
- 8 October 2026כ״ז בתשרי תשפ״זEssay
A Post-Judaism Jew
What does it mean to be a post-Judaism Jew and why does Israeli society pose that question more pressingly than any other con-text in the past nearly 2000 years? What...
The house
This site is built like a Levantine courtyard house. Start on the roof with the stars, or at the foundations with the land.