“Many do not know / That their enemy is marching at their head”: Thoughts on...
People sometimes say that Hannukah celebrates the fight against “assimilation,” or against “Hellenism.” When you read 1 Maccabees, you get a somewhat different picture. Certainly, Judah and his...
View ArticleExile in the Land
by Maya Rosen, for All That’s Left This Chanukah, All That’s Left, a Jerusalem-based, anti-Occupation collective, is publishing a series of eight essays — one for each day of Chanukah — from left-wing...
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Interview with Tova Hopemark, Director of “ALRIGHT ROBOT”
The Jewish studies scholar-turned-filmmaker discusses her award-winning first film, ALRIGHT ROBOT , what writing for film has in common with academic writing, and why she made a comedy about...
View ArticleA note on the massacre at the end of the Megillah
People sometimes point to the ending of the book of Esther as a Jewish massacre—the disturbing part of the story that is supposedly suppressed in Sunday school. In Esther 9:16, now with the king on...
View ArticleLet All Who Are Hungry Come and Eat
by Rabbi Lara Haft Yom Tov This piece is part of a השתא הכא/Hashata Hakha, a justice-oriented Haggadah reader with contributions from members of Halachic Left, All That’s Left, and HaSmol HaEmuni,...
View ArticleThe Desecration of a Gaza Memorial at Marquette University
On Sunday, April 7, the Marquette University chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) planted 41,000 flags on campus in recognition of the ongoing genocide in Gaza. They acted with the full...
View ArticleThe Knesset Votes for a “One-state [apartheid] Solution”
Last night (July 17), the Knesset voted overwhelmingly – just 9 votes opposed, mostly Palestinian – to pass a resolution opposing on principle the establishment of a Palestinian state. “Centrist”...
View ArticleA Book Bound at Both Ends: The Enigmatic Life and Death of Dovid Din
Photo caption: Dovid Din at the author’s wedding, 1983 * “I have transferred all my hedonism to the spiritual level.” –Dovid Din, NYC, April 10, 1986 “My whole purpose is to get everyone off the earth,...
View ArticleAn Unveiling: A Review of “In My Jewish State” by Elana Sztokman
guest post by Rabbi Jeanette Friedman Long before social media became a “thing,” I knew about an outspoken and articulate feminist, Elana Sztokman. I followed her decades ago, when we were both on...
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