Indigenous Sun
byPrior to my personal rising, before the stirring in my heart and my moment of rebirth, I mocked indigenous ideation because I did not understand it. I dismissed it as foreign to my Jewish experience.
Opinion
Ḥanukah, Fanon & the Failure of Individualism
byFrantz Fanon provides us with a broad framework for better understanding the actions and motivations of the Maccabee guerrilla underground.
No I Didn’t Vote
byJewish nationalists who confused Trump with some kind of benevolent savior may need to mourn for a bit. But then they’ll need to dust themselves off & work towards achieving psychological liberation.
Glenn Plummer’s ‘Stake’ in Israel Exposes Faith-based Pitfalls
byIsraeli leaders are granting US evangelicals a “stake in the ground” at the expense of Ethiopian Jews.
The Solution to the Conflict No One is Talking About
byMore Jewishness & Democracy from the River to the Sea can lead to real justice & peace for both peoples.
Trump isn’t Cyrus, He’s Nero
byWhile some rightwing Israelis and Israel supporters have cast Donald Trump as the Persian Emperor Cyrus, his personality and behavior are actually more reminiscent of the Roman Emperor Nero.
Remembering Jonathan Pollard on his Birthday
byOn the 8th of Menaḥem Av, we should remember Jonathan Pollard’s heroic sacrifice on behalf of the Jewish people and understand that his freedom is intertwined with that of the State of Israel.
Consider: Stop Worshipping Racism
byOne need not subscribe to an entire dogma in order to help bring about social change and revolution.
When [White Girl] Feminism Harms Women
byWestern feminists forcing Hebrew women to chose between our Jewish and female identities leave us without recourse to address the unique challenges we face as women in Israeli society.
On Jews & Whiteness
byDue to differing definitions of ‘whiteness’ in different communities, being called white can be highly offensive for Jews while claiming Jews aren’t white can be highly offensive to Black people.