Sightings Articles

Two men flank Moses as he sits and holds up a rod in this black and white illustration

Judaism | Memory | Trauma | Israel

Emptying the Arsenals of Memory

The gap between contemporary and ancient conceptions of memory lie at the heart of the challenge in understanding Israeli and Jewish perspectives on October 7 and its aftermath....

November 30, 2023
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Judaism | hallucinogenics | new religious movements

The Birth of “Pharmaco-Hasidism”

Young Jews are eager to employ hallucinogenics in their practice: they may be connecting to a tradition they think they've left behind....

March 3, 2022