Tag Archives: Jerusalem

(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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Temple Mount Holocaust Offering

Posted on July 19, 2017 by zjb

Pushing another kind of “holocaust offering” just in time for Tisha B’Av, it’s not just about metal detectors. There’s a segment of the Jewish right in Israel wanting to change the status quo at the Temple Mount in response to … Continue reading →

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(Every People Under Heaven) Jerusalem (At The Metropolitan Museum of Art)

Posted on March 3, 2017 by zjb

The blockbuster exhibition Jerusalem 1000-1400: Every People Under Heaven at the Met has long since come and gone, so my weigh-in here comes a lot more than a little late. But I wanted to gather my thoughts about what it … Continue reading →

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Keep Off On Pain of Death (The Temple Mount, King Herod & Historical Context)

Posted on October 24, 2015 by zjb

It sounds like King Herod wanted to allow non-Jews to go up to the Temple Mount so that he could show off the new Temple digs. But they could only go so far into the heart of the complex. An … Continue reading →

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Halakhic Ban on Jewish Access to Temple Mount

Posted on October 23, 2015 by zjb

An old poster by leading rabbinic authorities in the ultra-orthodox community in Israel banning Jewish access to the Temple Mount. Treading on the holy of holies, whose location is unknown incurs the ban of karet. Re: a more recent announcement … Continue reading →

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Points of No Return (Jerusalem) (2015)

Posted on October 20, 2015 by zjb

On many things Jerusalem –points of no return, the current spiraling of violence, delusions, borders, religion, the collapse of traditional authority, youth violence, settlements, dividing the city, and the 2 state solution. A must read here by Danny Seidemann, executive director … Continue reading →

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Temple Mount Status Quo (Nahum Barnea)

Posted on September 21, 2015 by zjb

Excellent article by Nahum Barnea, which you can read here, on the current debacle unfolding at the Temple Mount and its threat to a status quo which has more or less preserved the peace between Jews and Muslims, or at least … Continue reading →

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(Visual Theology) The Dome of the Rock (Oleg Grabar)

Posted on May 17, 2015 by zjb

As I make my way through a little Islamica, I feel that I need to justify each step. For such a vast and pitched phenomenon, there needs to be some justification for what I’m reading when and why. So if … Continue reading →

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Angry Mannequin (Jerusalem)  

Posted on January 18, 2015 by zjb

Walking through Rehavia two weeks ago, I think near Ben Maimon and Radak, I stumbled upon this mannequin. In leopard blouse and long skirt, she looks angry. Clearly, she knows something I don’t.

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Globular Maimonides (Rehavia) (Jerusalem)

Posted on January 10, 2015 by zjb

A lot of the streets in the Rehavia neighborhood are named after Spanish Jewish philosophers. This sign indicating a street address on Ben Maimon Street caught my eye. I like its modern form. No less than negative theology, it stands out as … Continue reading →

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