Last Thursday I went to The Michael Levin Base annual gala at the Jerusalem Theatre, which I wrote about beforehand. Now that I’ve sat through it, I have a few things to add and one urgent ask...
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One of the Best Croissants I Ever Ate Was at The Michael Levin Lone Soldier Base in Jerusalem
I need to tell you about the time I walked into The Michael Levin Base expecting nothing and got handed a croissant. It was Bastille Day, or as the French actually call it, “le 14...
What is Actually Going on in Qusra?
It’s the end of August. Chofesh hagadol is over, thank God, and tomorrow morning the kids go back to school. In Jerusalem that means moving season is at its peak, because nobody switches...
Everyone in the Clavicular Israel Story Is a Little Bit Awful, Actually
OK, not totally everybody, but pretty much, almost everybody. Quick premise, for anyone who hasn’t been following the group chat: a 20 year old looksmaxxing streamer named Clavicular is...
Vigilante Criminals, Not Settlers
I want to be friends with Mayor Aliza Pilichowski. Maybe the three of us, her, me, and her husband Rabbi Uri Pilichowski, who has his own remarkable site full of essays and Torah teaching, can grab a...
Settler Vigilantism Isn’t Jewish Law. It Endangers… Everyone.
Jewish law does not bless settler vigilantism, not loosely, not by analogy, not through Pinchas, not through anyone. This isn’t a technicality for people who enjoy Talmud on the side. Vigilante...
#OscarsSoSwedish – Israeli Entry Doesn’t Make The Cut
The Israeli film, Foxtrot, Israel’s entry to the 2018 Oscars was not selected as a nominee this morning. A winner of a Silver Lion Grand Jury Prize at the Venice International Film Festival and...
Michael Bassin is Not a Spy, ok?
Book Review: “I Am Not a Spy” by Michael Bassin Remember when you first read 3-time Pulitzer prize winner Thomas Friedman’s From Beirut to Jerusalem? If you read it while the...