These Days I’m a Judeo-Pessimist
by Yeshaya Last Updated on November 28th 2022
Some day, maybe not too long from now, there won’t be any more Jews in America, and people will ask: “how could it have happened here?”
The Shabbos Tish is the Shabbos table conversations of the Lazarevich family, drawn from our Torah learning (such as it is), our conversations, and the questions of our children. We would love to hear your thoughts, responses, and counter-arguments! We don’t have comments enabled on the blog, but you can email each of us from our author pages, or send an email to the editor
Open Letter to SVARA: A Traditionally Radical Yeshiva
by abigail Last Updated on April 8th 2022
The ultra-rich are buying American Judaism and making it in their own image by exploiting the energy of well-meaning queer progressive Jews — and your favorite non-profit is helping them.
Transgression
by Yeshaya Last Updated on March 29th 2022
What can be done in the face of transgressions in the Jewish community, when no-one is perfectly righteous? We have to push each other to grow in Torah and Mitzvos, and be humbly aware of our own shortcomings.
War and the Zionist Left
by Yeshaya Last Updated on March 7th 2022
In 2006 I was living in Israel when I witnessed an aggressive war, by a state that sees the domination of its neighbors as a matter of life and death.