Z’khor Y’mot Olam: Ḥanukah
We refer to our enemies in this period as ‘Yevanim’ not for geopolitical reasons, but for the primordial cultural force that they represented and spread via their temporal power.
Israel, the West & the Conflict with Edom
Just as Roman citizenship guaranteed the rights of personal security and safe travel at the cost of submission to Roman imperial culture and later Roman Christianity, the cost of inclusion in Enlightened Europe’s “liberal” society was always a cultural assimilation – an identification with the state above all, at the expense of more particular communal affiliations.
Roots
My father planted an ancient tree In foreign soil which starved its roots The tree developed, gnarled and twisted Displaying its resilience with every…
Canary Mission and the Failure of American Zionism
For the past few years, Canary Mission – an online database – has published extensive profiles on “individuals and organizations that promote hatred of…
Z’khor Y’mot Olam: Eleh Ezkera
The essence of the story is the total devotion each martyr had to spreading and protecting the Torah and for being lions in the struggle to free their country from Roman rule.
Z’khor Y’mot Olam: Edom
The association of Edom with Rome & the ensuing Roman destruction of Judea has marked Edom-Rome in our people’s national consciousness as the central antagonist in Israel’s collective story.
Z’khor Y’mot Olam: Amalek
Amalek persists as an enemy that threatens Israel in times of great doubt regarding our historic mission.
Z’khor Y’mot Olam: Pesaḥ
As Jewish historiography features a primordialist view of national identities, Biblical nations such as Mitzrayim are generally seen as representing timeless forces in history.
Z’khor Y’mot Olam: Shvatim
Historically, the word “tribe” has been used almost exclusively by colonial powers in an attempt to stigmatize and barbarize the indigenous people of a…
Z’khor Y’mot Olam – Remember the Days of Old (II)
As established in my last column, the people of Israel have traditionally understood history differently than how it’s viewed within the dominant Western paradigm. While…