Monthly Archives: August 2014

War Right Wrong — Impure (Gaza 2014)

Posted on August 6, 2014 by zjb

These are some of the moral justifications used by rightwing (and also liberal) people supporting Israel in order to cloak the harsh reality of military violence against Hamas in Gaza. “The IDF is the most moral army in the world.” … Continue reading →

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War Torah (Kinetic Judaism)

Posted on August 5, 2014 by zjb

Any comment would really be superfluous, but I want to say that I’m suspending moral judgment. I should, however, say that as a scholar of religion and modern Judaism I’m caught between professional curiosity and personal incredulity. Thanks to Adam, Daniel, … Continue reading →

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Ninth of Av Gaza (Arik Ascherman & Rabbis for Human Rights)

Posted on August 5, 2014 by zjb

Apropos to arguments re: Israel, Gaza, American Judaism, and liberal rabbis, I am re-posting these lamentations and thoughts for Tisha b’Av that I found on FB by Rabbi Arik Ascherman, director in Israel of Rabbis for Human Rights. As an … Continue reading →

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Liberal Rabbis, American Judaism, & Gaza (Shaul Magid)

Posted on August 4, 2014 by zjb

Along with a dirty American flag by Jasper Johns, I’m posting this guest blog from Shaul Magid, erev Tisha B’Av in conversation with my own post earlier today about U.S. liberal rabbis, Israel, and Gaza. While unsure as to the … Continue reading →

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Liberal Rabbis, American Judaism & Gaza (Jeremy Haber — Jeremy Kalmanofsky)

Posted on August 4, 2014 by zjb

It’s treacherous ground where a liberal American rabbi treads, wanting to express support for Israel and sympathy for all the innocent life lost in Gaza. In this fight over the soul of American Judaism, “Jeremy Haber” takes issue with Rabbi … Continue reading →

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Gaza Siege (2014)

Posted on August 3, 2014 by zjb

Perhaps now as we begin to watch Israel, Egypt, the PA, and the international community begin to figure out what to do about Gaza, consider this stunning piece about and against Israel’s siege of Gaza since 2007 by Shlomi Eldar. … Continue reading →

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(No) Political Horizon (Gaza 2014)

Posted on August 1, 2014 by zjb

Meanwhile, there’s no political solution on the horizon, or rather no political horizon. I tend to see Hamas as responsible for the former and Netanyahu for the latter. The seascape is a photograph by Hiroshi Sugimoto.

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Underground (Gaza 2014)

Posted on August 1, 2014 by zjb

Israeli media may not show to the same degree, if at all, the destruction and death suffered by Palestinians in Gaza. But nor have I seen any description of battlefield conditions in western media like the ones in these articles from … Continue reading →

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