Monthly Archives: October 2022

(Mishnah) Corpse Defilement (Happy Halloween)

Posted on October 31, 2022 by zjb

The rabbis’ task in their reconstruction of the biblical laws of corpse impurity is to determine at which point a dead body in its fragmented and ruined state is still a “corpse” that can convey impurity, and at which point … Continue reading →

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(Pile) Autumn (Bridge)

Posted on October 31, 2022 by zjb

This bridge pile supports a part of the overpass of the West Side Highway. It pile blocks, and frames the tree in the park (Riverside Park South) that now surrounds it.

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(Simulacrum) Autumn (New York City)

Posted on October 30, 2022 by zjb

(Waterline Square Park)

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Stop American Nazis & Vote Democrat

Posted on October 26, 2022 by zjb

As reported here, this add by the Jewish Democratic Council of America minces no words about threats to democracy and the upcoming 2022 midterm elections. I’m posting an article here by Arno Rosenfeld who provides some backdrop to this ad. … Continue reading →

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The Elder of Ziyon, Jewish Studies, & Me

Posted on October 24, 2022 by zjb

“Elder of Ziyon” is the nom de web of a rightwing activist. He’s including here yours truly in this piece about [1] real and imagined anti-Zionsts in Jewish Studies, [2] rightwing religious Zionists and provocative prayer in East Jeruslem and on the Temple Mount. He … Continue reading →

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(Red Line) Liberal Jewish BDS (On the Cusp)

Posted on October 20, 2022 by zjb

The Religious Zionism party in Israel is an anti-democratic National-Judaism-Religious-Zionism hybrid. It is dangerous and racist. Jews in the diaspora will have to figure out how to respond if they are brought into a governing coalition led by Netanyahu and … Continue reading →

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(Before It’s Too Late) (Trump)

Posted on October 18, 2022 by zjb

h/t @DanielSeidemann God studied Torah to self-medicate God’s divine loneliness, but then light emerged and God was no longer alone. And God said “I no longer feel like wild and waste, a void.” And God beheld the Other. And God … Continue reading →

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Sukkot Israel 1957

Posted on October 12, 2022 by zjb

h/t @hungrychipmunk

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High Holidays (Sefas Emes)

Posted on October 6, 2022 by zjb

[sukka in very bright light, generated at DALL-E] The commentaries in the Sefas Emes to the High Holidays comprise different component parts in a single composition. They are the last major word of the fifth and final volume of the … Continue reading →

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Superman Gemar Tov

Posted on October 3, 2022 by zjb

h/t @DavidWolkenfeld  

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