Sightings Articles
What We Write about When We Write about the War in Gaza
Ire rises when terms that have been used to characterize violence against Jews in the past are leveled against the state of Israel....
June 12, 2024
Samson in Gaza
The biblical story of Samson sheds light on the current war in Gaza....
January 25, 2024
Witnessing Genocide
The work of journalists in Gaza bridges a conception of secular truth-telling with religious witnessing....
January 11, 2024
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
Is Israel Practicing Apartheid? American Churches Join the Conversation
A public debate is growing about the State of Israel’s more than fifty-year occupation of Palestinian territory: American Christian organizations are joining the conversation....
May 5, 2022
The Unity of Opposites: Political Theology and the Common Good
Jewish mysticism offers wisdom for modern politics...
