A People That Dwells Alone
#Facts: I’d rather be alone and friendless than dependent on bullies for their “protection.” (Thankfully I’m neither 🙏 Barukh Hashem) But as it is with one, so it is with many. And in this world order,עם לבדד ישכן
Zionism
The prophetic project of return — and what it must yet become.
Imagine a Native Nation
Imagine a timeline where one of the native nations of Turtle Island developed a survival strategy that allowed them to retain their society and identity intact despite destruction, disenfranchisement, and dispersal among the other colonized nations. Imagine this nation never lost memory of their land and hope of returning to it, and bided their time … Read more
Patriotism Is the Love of the Best
Since I’ve seen two posts on this already: Forget being better than. Forget being the best. PATRIOTISM, to me, is THE LOVE OF THE BEST of what you see in your country and in what it can become, with the blessing of God Almighty. Yes, that is a big tent. That’s because it IS a … Read more
I Want Everyone Free
Whether Conservative 😬, Libertarian 🧐, or Anarchist 😇, I have always wanted as many people as possible to be free – and I have never wanted my freedom to come at the expense of anyone else’s. Those are the unifying themes. To my life, to my politics, to my Zionism. كلنا في الهوا سوا
The Only Horizontal Society
In a world obsessed with hierarchies and the supremacy of some people over other people, one small nation stands alone as a horizontal society. Flawed, imperfect, very much a divine work in progress over thousands of years – with a tumultuous human history of being seduced by the allure of power over others – but … Read more
Israel and the Industrial Revolution
Would the establishment of this state have been possible without the industrial revolution? The more I think about it, the more the watershed events of recent history that seem most impactful on the application of Talmudic law – including the rise of mass production, electricity usage, and women’s liberation (note the connection there by the … Read more
Be Complex
Coda: And if you think that I – a pro-annexation, settlement-loving, (formerly) Gaza war-supporting, religious Zionist advocate for a halakhic state and critic of Islamic imperialism in Israel – am a Leftist, then you clearly don’t understand the concept of complexity. In a world of dichotomous fundamentalism, be complex.
Radak, Ibn Ezra, and Abrabanel on the Daughter of Zion
#biblicalZionism “The views of Radak, Ibn Ezra, and Abrabanel on the idiom בת/בנות ציון (bat/banot Tziyyon, “daughter/daughters of Zion”) reveal their distinct interpretive approaches to the significance of the phrase in the Sifré Nevi’im, particularly in Yeshayahu. Below is a more detailed exploration of their perspectives: — Radak (Rabbi David Kimhi) Radak’s Interpretation:Radak often interprets … Read more
Zion in Year 6000
The city-state of Zion, in the year of our world 6000. A space and a time. The transformation of our space and our time. A rendezvous, if you will. A meeting at the end of history and the beginning of something bigger. We can choose it at any moment. But there’s a terrible, wonderful purpose … Read more
Zionism Started with Herzl?
Today’s reading from Yirmiyahu… Zion. Today’s recital from the psalms of Dawid…. Zion. Today’s selection from the Pele Yoéts… Resettling the Land. Is it just me or did none of these authors get the memo that Zionism started with Herzl in the 19th century?