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Jewishness belongs to Jews
UNIVERSALIZATION OF JEWISHNESS Jews constitute a tiny minority, currently forming a little under 0.2 percent of the world population. We, for all intents and purposes, should be statistically insignificant. Bigotry...
Jewishness belongs to Jews
UNIVERSALIZATION OF JEWISHNESS Jews constitute a tiny minority, currently forming a little under 0.2 percent of the world population. We, for all intents and purposes, should be statistically insignificant. Bigotry...
left-wing antisemitism: a guide
ANTISEMITISM Antisemitism is bigotry, prejudice, and/or discrimination of Jews based on religion, culture, and/or ethnicity. The international Jewish community has overwhelmingly adopted the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s Working Definition of...
left-wing antisemitism: a guide
ANTISEMITISM Antisemitism is bigotry, prejudice, and/or discrimination of Jews based on religion, culture, and/or ethnicity. The international Jewish community has overwhelmingly adopted the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s Working Definition of...
the historicity of Purim
HISTORIC CONTEXT In 587 BCE, the Babylonian Empire conquered the Kingdom of Judah (present day Israel-Palestine) and exiled about 25 percent of the population to Babylon, marking the true...
the historicity of Purim
HISTORIC CONTEXT In 587 BCE, the Babylonian Empire conquered the Kingdom of Judah (present day Israel-Palestine) and exiled about 25 percent of the population to Babylon, marking the true...
what the Nazis actually thought of Zionism
INTRODUCTION Following the horrific attack on Palestinian civilians in Huwara, an Austrian person accused me and other people who identify as Zionists of “N*zism.” Irrespective of the irony of an...
what the Nazis actually thought of Zionism
INTRODUCTION Following the horrific attack on Palestinian civilians in Huwara, an Austrian person accused me and other people who identify as Zionists of “N*zism.” Irrespective of the irony of an...
gender in Judaism
THE STORY OF CREATION This slide will describe the origins of the Torah from an archeological and linguistic perspective, not a spiritual one. If that will bother you, please skip...
gender in Judaism
THE STORY OF CREATION This slide will describe the origins of the Torah from an archeological and linguistic perspective, not a spiritual one. If that will bother you, please skip...
ancestors in Jewish culture
IN ANTIQUITY: IMPORTANCE OF GENEALOGYLineage and ancestry have been important to Jews since antiquity. The Tanakh (“Hebrew Bible”) dedicates an enormous portion to genealogy and ancestry. The Torah, or the...
ancestors in Jewish culture
IN ANTIQUITY: IMPORTANCE OF GENEALOGYLineage and ancestry have been important to Jews since antiquity. The Tanakh (“Hebrew Bible”) dedicates an enormous portion to genealogy and ancestry. The Torah, or the...