The prophetic project of return — and what it must yet become.
Thoughts on the current situation, on this evening after the departure of Shabbath: This is a dangerous time to be a Zionist. On the one hand, Nazi- and Soviet-era anti-Zionism is alive and infecting both the modern Islamic world and Leftist movements worldwide. Propagandists have successfully equated Zionism and genocide in the minds of millions … Read more
Morning meditation on political Zionism: The political component to Zionism is not Jewish sovereignty over the land. According to Jewish tradition, the Creator was, is, and forever will be the sovereign over this land and all lands. We are just migrants, tenants granted the right to reside here and the responsibility to live with the … Read more
Yesterday I saw a video of an execution on Facebook. A row of kneeling men, shot in the head from behind. The person who shared the video asserted that the shooters were Hamas soldiers, the victims were men accused of “collaboration” with Israeli forces. From what little I could tell, this was the case. This … Read more
This will make some people irrationally mad but: Zionism must reckon with the devastation of Gaza. We’ve left behind the naive days when we waged war solely and wholly in self-defense, with great concern and cunning strategy to decisively end wars with as little human, moral, economic cost as possible. Rejecting the blood libels and … Read more
Random thoughts on Zionism (ok not random they were points missing in someone else’s overview of Zionism but they will be random to you): – traditionally Jewish politics put God in the position of sovereign and the nation of Israel in the position of contingent steward/tenant; Zionism is about autonomy, not sovereignty (and for many … Read more
PSA to both Leftists and Right-Wingers: If all you know about the situation in Palestine is derived from memes and viral posts, and you haven’t done any research into the history of this land, or learned about the peoples who come from it, or even just talked to both Palestinians and Israelis who have lived … Read more
The Zionism that I believe in – that I study, that I pray, that I live – does not envision for the holy people of Israel a life by the sword, surrounded by enemies, condemned by the world. It does not tell us to rule over minorities with callousness and prejudice, it does not demand … Read more
NGL I kinda want to have open, honest, soulful conversations with people about Zionism in today’s world and the shared future of Palestinians and Israelis, and record them and release them as a podcast The Z Word.
Everyone’s entitled to their personal opinion but people who fetishize exile do not and can not represent the Jewish nation, in any serious context. Whether in the faculty of Harvard, the administration of the Rabbanut, the opinion pages of major media outlets, or wherever else Jewish representation matters and has meaningful consequences for Jewish autonomy.
I don’t want another king. I want the revival of the court. The rebuilding of the sanctuary. The return of prophecy. The resumption of our national mission. But I don’t want another king. I have a King.