Liberties Journal of Culture and Politics
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A quarterly journal of culture and politics.
Our summer issue is online now. Read: libertiesjournal.com/articles/issue…
libertiesjournal.com/online-article… A well-written piece by @SohrabAhmari
deeply grateful and proud to have published this essay by @SohrabAhmari It is written with such compassion, and deep respect for the Jewish tradition whose political emissaries spit on the best of our heritage
"Two decades later, I still believe firmly in the need for a sovereign Jewish homeland. The problem — and I know it isn’t mine alone — is that lately the conscience-based call to defend Israel clashes with other pressing dictates of the conscience. Not to put too fine a point on…
The Talmud teaches: “This people [Israel] is distinguished by three characteristics: they are merciful, modest, and benevolent. He who has these characteristics is fit to join this people.” Me, on the imperative of recovering Jewish ethical universalism. libertiesjournal.com/online-article…
It is true that the Israeli Left is very small -- I write about a TINY but extremely brave contingent of Israelis who constantly put their bodies on the line to defend Palestinians in the West Bank from violent Israeli settlers here:
The "Israeli left" is about as real as the tooth fairy. Its so insignificant among the population, its practically a statistical anomaly. Yes it exists, but has absolutely no say or influence on policies, and they are smeared as terrorists/kapos etc by the far right majority
"The Jews themselves at times yearn to escape their dilemmas: to renounce ethical universalism once and for all as an external imposition, mottling Jewish blood and endangering Jewish vitality." This, I argue, is the deepest tragedy of Bibi's reign. libertiesjournal.com/online-article…
"Today, it is the Israeli left who carry the Jewish conscience, who grasp all the dimensions of Jewish moral responsibilities." A Christian Friend's Troubled Thoughts on Israel. My essay in Leon Wieseltier's Liberties journal (@readliberties). libertiesjournal.com/online-article…
Did you know that we at @readliberties get together every month and argue for hours about such questions as “Does God Make Us Good?” ON PURPOSE?
As I write about here: that is the plan of the current Israeli government -- make all of Gaza and the West Bank into Efrat. You aren't reading about Efrat in the newspapers because it already worked, Efrat is de facto part of Israel. libertiesjournal.com/articles/the-o…
Unsentimental Education: Peter Weiss’s Aesthetics of Resistance - Liberties libertiesjournal.com/online-article…
"For an analytic philosopher, life itself is extracurricular." libertiesjournal.com/articles/the-p…
Very grateful to have this piece in one of the best journals: Liberties. Thank you to @Celestemarcus3 @readliberties libertiesjournal.com/articles/night…