Articles in Religion and Jewish Thought
The Tent City of Rothschild Boulevard and the Coming Pogrom – Part II
This is the conclusion to Yoram Symons‘ series, The Tent City of Rothschild Boulevard and the Coming Pogrom. Part I can be found here.
The Other Side of Zionism
While the state-building and normalizing ethos of …
The Tent City of Rothschild Boulevard and the Coming Pogrom – Part I
By Yoram Symons
Turn on the news. It is becoming obvious that the world is literally falling apart. Governments are defaulting, stockmarkets are tumbling, London burns, Greece riots, the Arabic nations are descending into civil wars, …
The Essence of Torah
By Simon Holloway
It is no secret that the weight of our traditions, and the vast bulk of our legislation, derives not from an explicit reading of the Torah, but instead from the long and methodical …
Existentialist Circumcision Crisis
By Ellyse Borghi
I came to the realisation a couple of years ago, when I was first being exposed to existentialism at the same time as human rights, that I’m very very uncomfortable with circumcision.
Let me …
Did God save the Jews during the Holocaust?
Geoff Bloch was recently tasked with arguing the case for the affirmative at a debate put on by the JBD of Melbourne, on the topic of “Did God save the Jews during the Holocaust?”
This is …
Ezekiel the Prophet
Ezekiel’s attitude to women goes way beyond the extreme. Taking into account that biblical women were often described as feckless, seductive and immoral, Ezekiel’s portrayal of them as harlots is only the start. In Chapter 16, he uses the story of a marriage that fails; God is the husband, Jerusalem is the wife. As a literary analogy this is simply superb – the relationship falters, then fails – but the wife becomes a whore, nothing less than an insatiable nymphomaniac.
Haredim Should Serve in the Army – Lessons from Parshat Bamidbar
By Yaakov Gorr
This week’s parsha, Bamidbar, reveals the missing 614th commandment, particularly relevant as Israeli lawmakers debate drafting Haredi youth to the army. Twenty-year old Jews are told to enlist in the army.
From the first …
It’s Time for all People to have their Festival of Freedom
By Keren Tuch
In a couple of days time we will be reciting the familiar Hebrew song from the Passover Haggadah “Avadim hayinu ata b’nei chorin – We were once slaves, but now we are free.” …
And you shall relate to your son
By David Werdiger
והגדת לבנך – שמות יג”ח
And you shall relate to your son – Exodus 13:8
As Pesach approaches, preparations go into full swing, and my mind jumps around between where we will …
Form one Planet: HIStory or MYstory
By Malki Rose
If there is one broyges bigger than who has ownership of certain clumps of the Middle East, it’s who has ownership of the most accurate account of its history. If the holy books …
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