This new documentary film about the political moment when the Republican candidate for president in 1988, George Bush Sr., promises to do something about global warming begins with the blistering heatwave of 1988. The directors, Bonni Cohen,…
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The White House effect: Jewish climate scientists clashed, but led the debate
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‘Weapons of Violence Are Their Trade’ — Expel Violent Settlers Now
This week we encounter the horrifying story of Shechem, the first genocide committed by human beings in the Torah. Jacob is “whole” when he arrives with his family and retinue at the city of Shechem and buys a site where he can encamp for a…
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Israel Philharmonic in Prague
Recently, I was fortunate to hear the Israel Philharmonic play in Prague. I had a planned trip to Prague, and a few days before leaving, I had found out fortuitously that the ensemble would be performing a concert in the city as part of their…
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Jewish New Yorkers rally outside Park East Synagogue, 2 weeks after anti-Israel protest there
Hundreds of New York City Jews and their allies braved the cold Thursday evening for a rally outside Park East Synagogue, where pro-Palestinian protesters had demonstrated two weeks prior shouting chants like “Globalize…
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Clowns to the Left, Jokers to the Right, Stuck in the Middle are Jews
My first experience with political intersectionality was decades ago. I was in New York City with my then girlfriend, Cindy, who was a graduate student at NYU. She had a second-floor apartment on the corner of Bleeker & Christopher Street –…
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Our Greatest Threat Isn’t Antisemitism -Vayishlach
I have a group chat with Jewish friends that used to be a predictable nightmare. We fought about everything: Israeli politics, American politics, theological politics, even imaginary politics. But lately? Bliss. Every headline about…
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The Covenant that Refuses to Die: What the Bible Teaches about Israel
Every interpreter approaches Scripture with an internal map and my map is Restorationism. This framework teaches that God is restoring the people of Israel and the land of Israel exactly as the prophets declared with no need for symbolic or…
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The Eurovision Boycott: Europe’s Cheapest Morality Against Israel
The scene would be almost comic if it were not so revealing: delegates of European broadcasters sitting in Geneva, discussing new rules for a song contest, while outside a salvo of press releases announces boycotts, moral outrage and grand…
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Gid Ha-Nasheh – A Psycho-Analytical Perspective
The Book of Bereishit (Genesis) tells of the early history of the world and the founding fathers and mothers of Israel prior to it becoming a covenantal nation. It is not a book in which we expect to encounter much legislation. Yet three…
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Sen. Van Hollen draws criticism after calling local Jewish leader an ‘apologist for the Netanyahu government’
An unusual direct attack by Sen. Chris Van Hollen on a local Jewish leader over Israel has elicited strong criticism from Jewish voices — as well as a passionate defense from a Jewish progressive.
“I am stunned,…
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