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3 days ago · The Forward’s editorial line has been that anti-Zionism is not antisemitism.This flawed take is disturbingly apparent in Rabbi Jay Michaelson’s “American Jews’ traumatized responses to ...
5 days ago · One year since Oct. 7 — a year I spent learning to adjust not just to life in a new country, but life in a new country torn by grief and strained by the longest war in its history — his ancient...
4 days ago · Jay Michaelson. Sep 26, 2024. ∙ Paid. 26. Share. 1. When I was growing up five hundred years ago, “decency” was part of the square, bourgeois normalcy that I — as a privileged, rebellious, closeted teenager in suburban Tampa, Florida — hated. It was epitomized by the Reagans and their old-fashioned values and anti-drug crusades.
4 days ago · And thus you can read Blake Smith’s take on the illiberalism of Marilynne Robinson (who is generally treated as a secular saint, like Oprah or Elie Wiesel, beyond reproach and above criticism); Sara Wolkenfeld’s smart piece on Talmudic wisdom for how to talk to Siri, Alexa, and other AIs; Jay Michaelson’s history of anti-masking laws ...
4 days ago · Despite The Originals ending several years ago, there are still those who wonder why brothers Klaus and Elijah Mikaelson were killed off. The shokcing moment signified the end of Klaus' redemption journey and though the deaths were clear, the reasons behind it weren't.
5 days ago · Jay is the author of ten books, most recently The Secret That Is Not A Secret: Ten Heretical Tales. His 2022 book, The Heresy of Jacob Frank: From Jewish Messianism to Esoteric Myth, won the National Jewish Book Award for scholarship.
4 days ago · 409 likes, 4 comments - jaymichaelsoninsta on September 26, 2024: "In a sense, the Harris campaign is betting on spirituality: that enough Americans are exhausted by meanness and will choose something better. I hope they're right. This week in the newsletter - jaymichaelson.substack.com . #decency".
