Slow Burn: Quarantine Edition

Slow Burn: Quarantine Edition

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Exodus: An Introduction

The Bible is long and the length of our self-isolation uncertain, so we decided to read the Book of Exodus.

Ari M. Brostoff, Sarah Chihaya, and Dan Sinykin

Slow Burn: Quarantine Edition

What if, through this crack in the text, older gods return?

Slow Burn: Quarantine Edition

For Freud, “chosenness” was a psychopathological fantasy in need of explanation.

ten plagues

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How do you read a plague?

Briallen Hopper

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Exodus: Beshalach

For the enslaved, the formerly enslaved, and the otherwise surveilled, wandering is not simply unproductive movement; it is self-possessed, erratic, wayward action.

mount sinai

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What does it mean that we do not consent to our ethical obligations?

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Exodus: Mishpatim

Terrible violence will unfold while the Israelites are kept busy with lines and lines of civic code.

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Exodus: Terumah

Does the Tabernacle represent God’s effort to institutionalize the energy of a riot?

Carina del Valle Schorske

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Exodus: Tetzaveh

What are sacred objects for?

Pratima Gopalakrishnan

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Exodus: Ki Tissa

For Jews, divine forgiveness is a hard bargain.

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Exodus: Vayakhel

After a political rupture, rituals of repetition can attempt to restore normalcy—or throw it into question.

Raphael Magarik

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Exodus: Pekudai

Can people in pursuit of freedom trust each other?

Ari M. Brostoff

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The Trap of Palestinian Participation

An open letter considers the impossible choice facing Palestinians: Participate as a token in conversations premised on their oppression, or be branded rejectionists.

How a Giant of Responsible Investing Agreed to an Israel Exception

After a multi-year campaign by Jewish groups, Morningstar—a major firm known for socially responsible investing—is softening its approach to Israeli human rights abuses.

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