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Wandering Jews

Wandering Jews

THE WANDERING JEW TROPE As early as the second century CE, over a hundred years before the Roman Empire officially adopted Christianity, some Christians argued that Jews would be cursed...

Wandering Jews

THE WANDERING JEW TROPE As early as the second century CE, over a hundred years before the Roman Empire officially adopted Christianity, some Christians argued that Jews would be cursed...

1948

1948

"All history was a palimpsest, scraped clean and re-inscribed exactly as often as was necessary. In no case would it have been possible, once the deed was done, to prove...

1948

"All history was a palimpsest, scraped clean and re-inscribed exactly as often as was necessary. In no case would it have been possible, once the deed was done, to prove...

whose story

whose story

This recent headline caught my attention, not because of how outrageous it is – how could a benefit concert for the victims of antisemitic violence be canceled because of more...

whose story

This recent headline caught my attention, not because of how outrageous it is – how could a benefit concert for the victims of antisemitic violence be canceled because of more...

Imaginary Zionist

Imaginary Zionist

I come across posts like these often. The issue? They don’t accurately reflect Zionist arguments. When we refuse to constructively engage with each other as a matter of principle, we...

Imaginary Zionist

I come across posts like these often. The issue? They don’t accurately reflect Zionist arguments. When we refuse to constructively engage with each other as a matter of principle, we...

after the Shoah

after the Shoah

Today is Yom HaShoah, or the Israeli Holocaust Remembrance Day, which specifically commemorates the Nazis’ Jewish victims. This means that today antisemites will wax poetic about the so-called “lessons of...

after the Shoah

Today is Yom HaShoah, or the Israeli Holocaust Remembrance Day, which specifically commemorates the Nazis’ Jewish victims. This means that today antisemites will wax poetic about the so-called “lessons of...

a national identity

a national identity

I know people can say anything on social media, but wow, they really do say anything on social media…   WHAT...ARE YOU? Are the Jewish people a religious group? An...

a national identity

I know people can say anything on social media, but wow, they really do say anything on social media…   WHAT...ARE YOU? Are the Jewish people a religious group? An...