Sightings Articles
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
Jews, Semites, and Antisemitism
We need a conceptual approach that recognizes the multifaceted nature of identity and groups....
November 3, 2023
Misdiagnosing Jewish Loyalty
In literature and social media, people have written about Jews to draw boundaries between "in" and "out."...
November 17, 2022
Centering Lay Leaders in Faith Communities
Rather than wringing our hands about the lack of moral superheroes within the clergy, American rabbis should embrace the shift towards lay leaders....
June 1, 2022
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
Now Let Us Sing! Juneteenth 2021
The deep roots connecting Jewish and Black prophetic witness...
June 17, 2021
Jews and Judaism, Religion and Identity
Placing President Trump's executive order to combat anti-Semitism in the long history of debates about Jewish identity...
December 19, 2019
Free Speech in Poetry and in Prose
What the President's executive order to combat anti-Semitism teaches us about the abuse and misunderstanding of free speech...