Author Archives: zjb

About zjb

Zachary Braiterman is Professor of Religion in the Department of Religion at Syracuse University. His specialization is modern Jewish thought and philosophical aesthetics. http://religion.syr.edu

(Yavne) Imagining One State in Israel-Palestine (Peter Beinart)

Posted on July 10, 2020

It has been a long time coming and not much here is new. But at least three things are new about the recent set of two pieces by Peter Beinart, here at Jewish Currents and here at the New York … Continue reading →

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Moon Saturn Jupiter

Posted on July 6, 2020

Out and about, late June 2020, 2:00 AM The little bright light was Jupiter; the little-little light to the left was Saturn

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New York July 4, 2020

Posted on July 4, 2020
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Annexation Polls (Dahlia Scheindlin)

Posted on July 2, 2020

  Noted public opinion expert and analyst Dahlia Scheindlin recently conducted a set of questions to Israelis about annexation. Respondents were not given the opportunity to say “I don’t know.”  Of interest in the third slide is the large group … Continue reading →

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(Hudson River) Trees

Posted on July 1, 2020
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Israel Annexation & International Law

Posted on June 29, 2020

Explaining the legal ins and outs of annexation (domestic and international) is this interview here with Pnina Sharvit Baruch, described as a 20-year veteran of the Israel Defense Forces’ International Law Department, the department’s head from 2003 to 2009, a … Continue reading →

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(Bloody Water) Trump Square (Petah Tikvah)

Posted on June 29, 2020

[h/t@Allupdatesi] In Petach Tikva, Israel, someone scrawled, “Annexation will cost us in blood.” Reported here

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(Jews4BlackLives Kavvanot) Ritual Toolkit (JFREJ)

Posted on June 26, 2020

Jews for Racial and Economic Justice (JFREJ) put together “In the Streets and In Your Home: Jews4BlackLives Ritual Toolkit” which you can find here. Students of contemporary Jewish history and culture will instantly recognize this project as part of decades … Continue reading →

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Buddhist Gods & Pandemics (Coronavirus)

Posted on June 25, 2020

Excellent piece here at Immanent Frame by Brian Lowe about Buddhist Gods, pandemics, and political power:   But these gods did not only protect. They also observed and reported transgressors, who would in turn be punished. The celestial realm was itself a … Continue reading →

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From Messianism to Real Estate (American Jews & Jewish Settlements in the West Bank)

Posted on June 22, 2020

Too long a tale to tell here, the origins of the Jewish settlement project in the occupied West Bank after the 1967 Six Day War was an indigenous phenomenon ideologically rooted in the Israeli religious right and the messianic imagination. … Continue reading →

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