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Tag - Zionism
Top 10 Hanukkah Gifts for the Zionist who has Everything
Riddle: if a tree is planted in Israel, but you are not there to see it, is it still an awesome gift? Answer: Yes! The sufganiyot are out (though they have been since Sukkot), candles and oil are...
Seth Rogen Loves The Jews
Stoner Logic The usual suspects are all up in arms about some statements made during Mark Maron’s WTF podcast during an interview with comedian Seth Rogen. The podcast was meant to promote...
TJS Live: Heralds of Zion I Rav Alkalai and Rav Kalischer
The first in the ‘Heralds of Zion’ series. After introducing the two essential elements of Zionism, we explore its roots in classical religious thinking and how modernity forced an...
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...
Theodor Herzl: Big Beard & Father of Modern Zionism
Crazy Herzl fact – he thought mass conversion of the Jews to Christianity was the solution to anti semitism. Yep, seriously that Herzl. You know the one – big beard, serious face, father...
Israeli? You are a Nazi!
Guest Post by Bracha Arnold Traveling as a Canadian Israeli is interesting. You can always get away with just saying you’re Canadian and not getting into any politics, or you can try to invite...
A Book Review — Theodor Herzl: A New reading, by Georges Yitshak Weisz
– – Theodor Herzl: A New reading, by Georges Yitshak Weisz. Translated from Hebrew by Diana File and Lenn Schramm. 295 pages, Gefen Publishing House, 2013. If you grew up in the American...