It’s Time to Build in Jerusalem
For reasons religious, historical, and strategic.
May 15, 2020
Israel-Diaspora Relations before Israel
The practical challenges of “negating the exile.”
Around the turn of the last century, the idea of “negating the exile”—of breaking free from the habits and attitudes acquired by Jews during their two millennia of diasporic existence—emerged as an important pillar of Zionist thought. But for those living in the Land of Israel before independence, putting this principle into practice posed unexpected challenges. Donna Robinson Divine writes:
May 15, 2020
While Egyptian Television Tries to Imagine a World without Israel, It Can’t Answer the Tough Questions
Would Linda Sarsour or Rashida Tlaib move to a “liberated Palestine”?
Israel-Diaspora Relations before Israel
The practical challenges of “negating the exile.”
Remembered as an Atheist, Spinoza Might Have Been a “God-Intoxicated Man” after All
Kabbalah, the “ancient Hebrews,” and Europe’s most famous Jewish heretic.
Three Yiddish Poems of Nature and Longing
“The ever-resounding links of the golden chain.”