A Rabbinic Reflection on the Death of Yahya Sinwar

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I was a high schooler in Jerusalem when the father of mass terrorism against my people, Yassar Arafat, died. His death brought me messy emotions: Satisfaction that this agent of […]

The Coming Storm Part III: Preparing for the Moment Ahead

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As one of my former colleagues is wont to say, “antisemitism is the one remaining bipartisan issue.” Sadly, folks from across the political spectrum use most of these antisemitic tropes, […]

The Coming Storm Part I

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I can clearly recall the February day a few years ago when a KKK chapter announced it would be hosting a rally in Dayton, Ohio. At the time, I was […]

How to Support Israel and a Hostage Deal

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Over Labor Day weekend, news sources announced the tragic deaths of six hostages, Hersh Goldberg-Polin, 23, Eden Yerushalmi, 24, Ori Danino, 25, Alex Lobanov, 32, Carmel Gat, 40, and Almog […]

My New Mezuzah is a Ring Doorbell

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Beginning I didn’t wake up the morning of June 2nd thinking my life would change. I woke up jet-lagged, sunburned, exhausted (having just returned from my first cruise the day […]

We All Lose in the Oppression Olympics

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A Progressive Queer Jew’s Thoughts on Israel/Palestine, Antisemitism, and Zionism Over the last six months, friends and peers have asked unique questions because of my identity and position as a […]

Purim, October 7, and Holocaust Inversion

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This year, one passage in the Book of Esther is particularly poignant. Before Haman could carry out his deadly plot to “destroy, massacre, and exterminate the Jews, young and old, […]