Who decides what authentic Jewish practice looks like?
It’s become tradition to ride bikes through the empty streets of Tel Aviv on Yom Kippur. Is that Jewish tradition?
My article was controversial - and I talked to the haters
My article was shared across twitter - and not in a good way.
Zionism is the Jewish Black Lives Matter
“All lives matter.” But if Jewish lives, specifically, matter enough to deserve our own country, then by the same logic, Black Lives Matter too.
Are Jews white? Comfort in ambiguity is the answer
If I find myself in a hostile scenario, I can take off my kippah, switching from “Rabbi Daniel with a yarmulke” to “Dan with a baseball cap.”
With the corona virus afoot, don’t be foolishly pious.
Explain to God why your minyan attendance was worth the death of somebody’s grandparent.
George Steiner’s profound criticism of Zionism will haunt us forever
In my own mind Steiner will perhaps live on forever as elucidating one of the greatest and most profound critiques of Zionism.
Who Gets To Define Anti-Semitism?
“Even if the majority of the Jewish community decides that any criticism of Israel is anti-Semitic, we cannot allow that definition to stick.”
The Self-Fulfilling Prophecy Of ‘The Left Hates Israel’ Slogan
By claiming that the left hates Israel, American Jews are pushing away the majority of people on the left who sympathize with the Zionist cause.