Monthly Archives: June 2017

Jay Z, Jews, and “All the Property” (Financial Independence) (4:44)

Posted on June 30, 2017 by zjb

Intent on inverting Marx’s dictum on Judaism and the religion of money, on the one hand, Jay Z seems to think it’s actually a good thing that Jews “own all the property,” recommending capital as a model of financial independence … Continue reading →

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Peace or Pluralism? Which Would You Choose?

Posted on June 29, 2017 by zjb

Something for my friends and I to ponder on the Jewish left, especially those of us who have insisted that the abuse handed out to liberal Judaism and world Jewry at the hands of the Netanyahu government backed up by … Continue reading →

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Western Wall Fetish Object

Posted on June 28, 2017 by zjb

Just a quick note on the Western Wall fiasco in the wake of Netanyahu’s suspending plans to create an egalitarian prayer space there. Parts of the Jewish left are claiming that the fight over access to the Western Wall, this … Continue reading →

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(2 Comments) Dyke March Statement on Zionism

Posted on June 27, 2017 by zjb

Here are two comments regarding the Dyke March statement defending the action to give Jewish Pride the boot. You can read the complete statement here [1] Laura Grauer and Wider Bridge have caught a lot of flak, as if supporting LGBT … Continue reading →

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(Dyke March) No Public Judaism (Ellie Otra)

Posted on June 27, 2017 by zjb

About public Judaism and being Jewish in public, I’m posting the statement by Ellie Otra, one of the women kicked off Dyke March in Chicago for carrying a Jewish Pride flag. Personal and to the point, the statement appeared on … Continue reading →

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Exclusionary Imperatives (Ailing American Judaism Today)

Posted on June 26, 2017 by zjb

I was going to write about the JTS statement on intermarriage (and still will). Then came the kerfuffle relating to leaders at the small Dyke March (some 1000 to 2000 people) demanding that (3) Jews with a Star of David … Continue reading →

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(Pink) Statue of Liberty (Sundown)

Posted on June 25, 2017 by zjb

The other night viewed from Red Hook. The massive sky turned the water into bright, dark pink

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(Wicked) Radical Affects (Spinoza)

Posted on June 25, 2017 by zjb

“Everyone knows how it goes–a disgust with the present, a craving to make fundamental changes, uncontrolled anger, a scorn for poverty–these affects lead men to wickedness.” (Spinoza, Theological-Political Treatise, Chapter XVII) (thank you, Julie Klein for posting this on FB)

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(Reckless Mind) Philosophers & Politics (Mark Lilla)

Posted on June 23, 2017 by zjb

The distinctly unkind pleasure reading through Mark Lilla’s The Reckless Mind: Intellectuals in Politics belongs to liberal skeptics who would concur with Lilla that the combination of philosophy and politics would seem, at least in the twentieth century, to be … Continue reading →

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The Murder of Philando Castile & Teaching Cops To Kill (Dave Grossman)

Posted on June 22, 2017 by zjb

In the wake of the murder of Philando Castile, who did nothing but obey the law, I asked over at Aryeh Cohen’s wall on FB about police training. This article from the Washington Post was posted there about Dave Grossman … Continue reading →

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