Monthly Archives: July 2023

(Torah Trumps Life) Haredi Response to Covid and Uncivil Religion

Posted on July 28, 2023 by zjb

I wrote this essay, “Torah Trumps Life,” trying to get a handle on the catastrophic Haredi response to Covid during year-one of the pandemic. It is my contrubution to this special issue on Jewish Thiought in Times of Crisis, edited … Continue reading →

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(Zionism) Secularism Democracy Religion (Israel)

Posted on July 24, 2023 by zjb

In real-time, Israel has become a huge laboratory-experiment for the study of religion, politics, law, and society; a small and ugly petri-dish for the study of contemporary Judaism and Jewishness. Elected in November 2022 and with passage of the first … Continue reading →

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Pro-Coup & Anti-Coup (Israel and West Bank)

Posted on July 23, 2023 by zjb

These two maps. On the right, the map shows where people can grab a bus for a pro-government, pro-regime coup demonstreation to be held in Tel Aviv. On the left, the map marks points where pro-democracy protests have taken place … Continue reading →

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Smoke

Posted on July 17, 2023 by zjb
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