Monthly Archives: May 2021

(Mutation) Political Judaism & Anti-Arab Racism (Lod)

Posted on May 14, 2021 by zjb

I am watching this from the outside and at a distance, but the more events unfold in the violence between Israeli Jews and Israeli Palestinians it appears more and more prominent that the violence is not simply between “Jews and … Continue reading →

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(Mutation) Political Judaism (Jerusalem Day)

Posted on May 10, 2021 by zjb

After 9/11, there was a lot of back and forth about Islam and Islam and Politics. Over the years, the term Political Islam emerged to define a distinct and reactionary mutation in modern and contemporary Muslim cultures. No such critical … Continue reading →

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(Boundary Stones) Moses Mendelssohn (State and Religion)

Posted on May 6, 2021 by zjb

I have been thinking a lot late about religious (Haredi) response to the Coronavirus and the problem of religious-state violence in Israel. Against all that, maybe it’s time for a little neo-Haskalah. Whereas postliberal theorists, political theologians, and theo-politicians, especially … Continue reading →

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The State of Israel Does Not Exist (Judaism)

Posted on May 5, 2021 by zjb

If a state is defined as a sovereign territorial body, then, by the reckoning here by Zvi Bar’el in Haaretz, the State of Israel does not exist. Instead of being a state in which the rule of law applies throughout … Continue reading →

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(Haredi) Simulation (Shtisel)

Posted on May 4, 2021 by zjb

Late to Shtissel, and just now completed watching seasons 1-3 in the span of one extended binge, I should have known better. But I was surprised to find, after poking around online late in the middle of season 2, that … Continue reading →

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(Franz Marc) Fox (Holocaust)

Posted on May 3, 2021 by zjb

Thinking about Laura Levitt’s The Objects That Remain after seeing this news article here about the return of this lost property. It’s an amazing painting by German expressionist artist Franz Marc. The legal details are a little complicated and of … Continue reading →

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(Cloud Recording) Haredi Response to Covid (Benny Brown)

Posted on May 3, 2021 by zjb

I am posting below the link and passcode for anyone who wants a cloud recording of the annual B.G. Rudolph Lecture sponsored by the Jewish Studies Program at Syracuse. The lecture by Benny Brown as on “Tradition and Change: Haredi … Continue reading →

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