Monthly Archives: March 2025

(Cossack Baroque) Abraham Wore A Snake Skin Torah (Me’or Einayim)

Posted on March 28, 2025 by zjb

Our sages say that there have been “two thousand years of Torah.” RaSHI says that these began in the days of Abraham. But if Torah has existed since Abraham’s time, what did Israel receive [at Sinai]? Yes, there was Torah … Continue reading →

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(Petition) Jews on Campus Against Trump Assault on Universities

Posted on March 20, 2025 by zjb

Open letter in response to federal funding cuts at Columbia On March 7th, the Trump administration announced the immediate cancellation of approximately $400 million in federal grants and contracts to Columbia University. This includes funding from the Department of Justice, … Continue reading →

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(Tel Aviv) Queen Esther Crown (Purim)

Posted on March 14, 2025 by zjb

Photography is the art of “writing with light,” or in the words of the book of Esther: light and gladness, happiness and honor (8:16). This wonderful image for Purim from the Naomi Polani Collection, Tel Aviv History Museum, Courtesy of … Continue reading →

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(Purim) Amalek (Martin Buber)

Posted on March 12, 2025 by zjb

Religious truth, in contradistinction to philosophical truth, is not a maxim but a way, not a thesis but a process. That God is merciful is an abstract statement; to penetrate the religious truth that lies beyond it, we must not … Continue reading →

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Jews & No Other Land

Posted on March 5, 2025 by zjb

Responding to No Other Land and the mere existence of co-director Yuval Abraham along with director Basel Adra, this is one especially unhinged response from the radical, pro-Hamas wing of the Palestinian solidarity movement in the UK. David Miller is … Continue reading →

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