Some timely questions for a difficult day. How do we reach redemption if we don’t know what it looks like? How do we transform suffering into a source of positive identity? And what does it...
TJS S3 Interlude: Am Yisrael and the postmodern challenge
Taking a break from the flow of history to think about a pressing current issue. Where does the breakdown of classic understandings of identity and authority associated with the postmodern age leave...
Claus von Stauffenberg Was No Hero
Germany this week is honoring the people who attempted to assassinate Adolph Hitler 75 years ago, in July 1945. But why? Because to this day the Germans cling to this failed coups as a symbol of the...
Ehud Barak? Again? Really?
On behalf of all of the sane people, who understand the issues, and who have a right to vote in the next Israeli elections, I would like to take it upon myself to make this simple request of Ehud...
“Send them back!” “Never Again!” “WTF!”
Wow! I mean wow! This is one of the few times where I call BS on everyone. OK, so I always do that, but now especially. Will everyone out there just calm down already about everything? Let me start...
TJS S3E11 1945-55 part III The Reorganization of American Zionism
We spoke about the suburbs and the shadows, now it is time to talk about Zionism. The ‘Golden decade’ was a time of reorganization in general, and particularly in relation to the newborn...
Are Jewish Americans Falling Into The Trump 2020 Strategy
One way Donald J. Trump and the GOP won the U.S. presidency in 2016 was leveraging and promoting racial division and prejudice. They attempted a similar strategy in 2018, but lost the GOP majority in...
Goodbye Columbus and Philip Roth’s Typewriter
In May 2018, novelist and son of Newark, Philip Roth passed away at the age of 1985. On this Saturday, July 20, 2019, many of his household items from Litchfield County, Connecticut will be auctioned...
JewliciousReads: Summers Reads – Jewish Summer Beach Reads 2019
I just binge watched two seasons of the Marvelous Mrs. Maisel to the chagrin of Mr. Podhoretz. I had avoided it, fearing stereotypes, but I watched it and found it satisfying. While many – like...
ShivaWatch: Stars of Disney, the Exodus, and the London Art Scene, as Well as Auschwitz’s ‘Woman in...
We are saddened to report that: A star of Disney Channel shows and two Adam Sandler films passed away at the age of twenty from an ongoing medical condition. Cameron Boyce is best known for his roles...