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Comparative Incitement

Jul 18th, 2024 in Both/And
It’s time for liberal Jews to shake off the dust, arise, and save democracy

Jul 16th, 2024 in Forward
Judge Cannon’s Decision Is a Glimpse of a Terrifying MAGA Future

Jul 16th, 2024 in Rolling Stone
Project 2025 would be the end of the American Jewish dream

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Kinds of Kindness is a Great Film About the Psychological Roots of Fascism

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This week in the newsletter: a conversation with J

This week in the newsletter: a conversation with Joel Schalit about the emotional, even spiritual appeal of ethnonationalism... and what might be done about it. jaymichaelson.substack.com.

Here's a short clip from a recent Harvard Divinity

Here's a short clip from a recent Harvard Divinity School program on the religious significance of psychedelic experience. Which perhaps is a sub-question of the religious significance of experience in general.

In more ways than one. @reductress

In more ways than one.

@reductress

"What is strength? On a superficial level, it has

"What is strength?

On a superficial level, it has to do with having power: fighting to the bitter end, and, of course, never losing. This is the strength of Pharaoh, and that of autocrats from Joseph Stalin to Benito Mussolini to Viktor Orbán.

But true strength, at least in the Jewish tradition, lies neither in brute force nor the transitory power of military might, but in the quality of one’s character and one’s alignment with the sacred."

Read more at @jdforward - www.forward.com . Full link in bio.

Here's some of my response to Shabbos Kestenbaum's

Here's some of my response to Shabbos Kestenbaum's speech at the #rnc . Read the whole thing today in @jdforward (link in bio).

Just apropos of nothing...

Just apropos of nothing...

Should we all tone it down? Maybe. Or maybe it has

Should we all tone it down? Maybe. Or maybe it hasn't really been so even all along. This week in the newsletter, I place Republican and Democratic rhetoric side by side.

It's been a hard political month for liberals and

It's been a hard political month for liberals and progressives. Here are some Jewish resources for resilience. In @jdforward today (link in bio).

"Do your part."

"Do your part."

Okay, it's been a busy news week. But don't let th

Okay, it's been a busy news week. But don't let this story escape your notice, because courts are on the ballot this November, and Aileen Cannon's court just showed us what MAGA justice looks like. (Hint: It rhymes with smashism.) In @rollingstone today (link in bio).

I'll be leading meditation and giving a talk at @n

I'll be leading meditation and giving a talk at @newyorkinsight this coming Monday, 115 West 29th Street NYC. Visit nyimc.org for full details.

Plastic dinosaurs are made of real dinosaurs. The

Plastic dinosaurs are made of real dinosaurs. The separate self is made of the One. QED.

I'm very happy to see #project2025 get more attent

I'm very happy to see #project2025 get more attention. Today in @jdforward , I focus on its impacts on the American Jewish community. (Link in bio)

Don't believe the hype -- go see this almost three

Don't believe the hype -- go see this almost three-hour-long, unconventionally plotted triptych. It's the film of the moment. Or read my essay on it in the Both/And newsletter (jaymichaelson.substack.com).

My take. In Both/And -- jaymichaelson.substack.com

My take. In Both/And -- jaymichaelson.substack.com .

Hard to overstate the novelty, destructiveness, an

Hard to overstate the novelty, destructiveness, and partisan nature of yesterday's #scotus decision. Here's my take in @rollingstone (link in bio).

I apologize for the sincerity of this meme. I'll g

I apologize for the sincerity of this meme. I'll go back to irony when I'm feeling more secure.

I'm sure you've often wondered about the connectio

I'm sure you've often wondered about the connections between Jewish mysticism, messianism, heresy, and eros. Happily, I'm teaching at @romemunewyork this Pride Shabbat on those very connections. See you there (or online)!

Why are religious and political beliefs so durable

Why are religious and political beliefs so durable and so impervious to argument? And what does that mean for our politics? This week in the newsletter - jaymichaelson.substack.com.

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