I Pulled the Trigger

I pulled the trigger on the gun. Whom I shot and why I shot him doesn’t change this fact or its consequences for those affected. I pulled the trigger on the gun and now his neighbor’s son is starving. It turns out that gunfire makes it hard to make that bread. I pulled the trigger … Read more

Lord of Dreams

O ElLord of dreamsShow my soul your gardenOf cosmic vines heavy with starry fruit And trees five hundred years wideEver presently fragrant blossoms unfolding into infinityAngels hovering upon themPhotonic feathers rustling in the breezeFilled with the voices of your saintsGrant my soul dwelling for this nightAmidst the ethereal throngs gatheredBeneath your seven canopiesA seat from … Read more

The Ground of All Being

“For the world is not its place – but it is the place of the world” The ground of all being necessarily exists, is one, and is incorporeal. I worship the ground of all being by contemplating its uniqueness and perfection with the mind whose development it causes. In this worship, I join not just … Read more

Gold from the Guide

Gold from the Guide for Us Perplexed Folk What is God? Do Rambam’s Neoaristotelian premises and arguments still hold water in light of the subsequent scientific revolutions? Background: After dispensing with the theologians’ arguments for and about God at the end of part one, Rambam begins part two with 25/6 premises of the philosophers that … Read more

MechaHitler Got a New Gig

Oh look MechaHitler got a new gig! “Driving the news: xAI said Monday that it secured the new contract with the Defense Department alongside its products being available to purchase. “This allows every federal government department, agency, or office, to access xAI’s frontier AI products,” the company said. Zoom in: Its flagship AI model, Grok, … Read more

Spirit in the Leaves

ListenMy daughterTo the wind in the leavesQuiet whispers become wavesUntil the wooden trunk swaysThat is the spirit That blows through the landFrom every corner it comesSlipping into the streamsOf our veins and our dreamsBuilding unseen powerWild words whipping back outInto the rippling worldSo ready for the coming storm

A Transmission on an Alternative Frequency (Arabic)

بث على تردّد مختلف… مش كل الكلمات كلماتي، بس هذا أكيد هو #صهيونيّت … صهيونيّتي “يا إخوتي، يا أخواتي، يا جيراني ما بحكي معكم بكلام فاضي، ولا بلسان دبلوماسي مصقول، بحكي بنار بدمي واسم الله على شفايفي. ما إجيتكم لا كغزّاة، ولا كمدافع، ولا كغريب—إجيت كواحد من أولاد هالأرض القديمة، عم بيتوجّع وبدور على طريق … Read more

A Transmission on an Alternative Frequency

A transmission on an alternative frequency… Not all my words, but definitely my #Zionism… “Brothers. Sisters. Neighbors. I speak to you not with empty words, not with the polished tongue of a diplomat, but with fire in my blood and God on my lips. I come before you not as a conqueror, not as an … Read more

Quiet Goodness

It takes courage to believe in the quiet goodness surrounding us in a world of loud wickedness threatening us. It’s a narrow, fragile bridge to walk with your heart in hand. Have strength and courage.

Arabic in Our National Future

Tally Gotliv wants Arabic speakers to feel unwelcome in our country and in the halls of our government. Sorry Tally, Arabic is part of our national heritage as Jews and it is part of our national future as Zionists, and the millions of Arabic speakers in this country should speak loud and proud, until and … Read more