Gil It amazes me that there are people who consider Israel the aggressor against Iran in this or any war. The missile barrages did not start with the IAF’s bombing of nuclear and military sites, which itself did not occur in a vacuum. The “pushy” “aggressive” Jew is a stereotype created by people who are uncomfortable … Read more
I’m so frum that whenever an ayatollah fires a hypersonic missile barrage, I put on my shoes left foot first
I’m sitting in the stairwell with window rattling booms and thunderous rumbles overhead, chatting with ChatGPT about these hypersonic missiles that Khomeini is firing at me, and the whole concept of shooting and intercepting missiles beyond the atmosphere is fascinating.
If someone is superstitious Telling them they’re bad for being superstitious Will not make them less superstitious Teaching them – dare i say, inspiring them – to reason, trust, be confident, and have equanimity will make them less superstitious
Why do Rambamists write so many posts about how other Jewish people are basically idolators? What does this actually accomplish? Is it possible that to whatever extent Rambam may have been something somewhat approaching a philosophical elitist, emulating that tendency may not actually be productive towards promoting Torah, or in the cases of most people … Read more
Many sleepersHave called me the enemyOf the nightmares they createSleep walking through the streetsSleep talking of This and ThatTribes and SinsGood and Evil You’re dreaming,I remind themThese are but shadowsYou cast onto the wall of your cave
Some antisemitic dude came to my profile overnight and laugh reacted to like twenty of my latest posts. My brother in Moses, why so obsessed? 🧐 The passive aggression is a lil ridic. We’re out here in Jerusalem building a better future for Palestinians and Israelis alike and antisemitic losers are sitting in their dorm … Read more
Erasing thousands of years of indigenous history, especially when it’s not at all necessary in order to support the human and civil rights of Palestinians or the integrity of their collective narrative, is not antifascist or decolonial. It is antisemitic, both in what it says (that Jewish history is at worst literally nonexistent and at … Read more
I’m less interested in faulting the American Left as a general movement for the increase in attacks against American Jews than I am in understanding the government’s timeline for targeting Jewish citizens and in the question of whether the groups coalescing around antisemitism will drop their opposition to the government and support such state targeting … Read more
Most blessings conclude in a participle – describing the Creator as the One who does things. The subsequent blessing after the Shema concludes with a perfect verb – describing the Creator as the One who liberated Yisrael. This unique praise of God expresses a fact of history: some 3700 years ago, the Creator intervened in … Read more