Against the Date-ification of Oct. 7
October 2, 2024
Only when this war is over will we be able to memorialize it.
Matthew Schultz
Matthew Schultz is the author of the essay collection “What Came Before” (2020). He is a rabbinical student at Hebrew College in Newton, Massachusetts.
Questions About Morality: A Review of ‘Ethics at the Center: Jewish Theory and Practice for Living a Moral Life’
September 26, 2024
Rabbi Dorff asks what it means to believe in God, and what God has to do with moral norms.
A Place of Unknowing
September 11, 2024
There may indeed be a right path and a wrong path here, but it is far from clear which is which.
Ordinary Lives
September 4, 2024
Hersh will never get the ordinary life that once lay before him — taking those trips around the world and falling in love.
Did the DNC Make the Right Call on a Palestinian Speaker?
August 28, 2024
The Uncommitted Movement — the main Democratic caucus pushing for a Palestinian speaker — does not exist in a political vacuum. Their main goal is to steer the Democratic Party towards a radical arms embargo on Israel.
Our Own Altalena Moment
August 22, 2024
Today as well we are ringed by enemies threatening to wipe us off the map, and yet here we are. Another Altalena is sailing over the horizon.
Zionism Is About Love
August 14, 2024
Before Theodor Herzl’s day, Zionists were known as Chovevei Tzion, lovers of Zion. Their Zionism was rooted primarily in profound love of place.
The Case for the Golan Heights
July 31, 2024
On Saturday, the Golan Heights came under global scrutiny when Hezbollah bombed a soccer field in the Druze village of Madjal Shams, killing 12 children.
The Bible Belongs in the Classroom…as Literature
July 18, 2024
Let’s be clear — this is about the culture war, not religion.
Korach and the Right Side of History
July 11, 2024
There is no shortage of self-righteousness in the world right now, and no shortage of pretty words being deployed to justify it.
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