decolonize Ḥanukah ✊🏼🔥🏹

Published: Thu, 12/07/23

Shalom ,

Below are some of our weekly highlights at Vision Magazine. We hope you enjoy them!

Haven't subscribed yet? Click here to get a free book recommendation list and you'll also get these exclusive weekly newsletters!

Wishing you a joyful Ḥanukah & a Shabbat Shalom!

Danit Grady

They Didn't Teach Me Ḥ anukah

It wasn't until some years after I had left the Jewish education system that I realized I didn't actually know the story behind Ḥanukah.

Read the full piece here

Ḥanukah

The pure cruse of oil shone brightly, permeated the collective soul of the Hebrew nation and bestowed upon Israel the strength to fight on.

Read the full piece here

Vayeishev: Yosef & Yehuda

As internal conflict over the Hebrew clan's direction leads to tragic consequences for Yosef & Yehuda, each must discover his own messianic potential.

Listen to the podcast here

Ḥanukah, Fanon & the Failure of the Individual

Frantz Fanon provides us with a broad framework for better understanding the actions and motivations of the Maccabi guerrilla underground.

Read the full piece here

The Balance Doctrine

Israel must create the conditions for the Semitic region to gain independence from Washington.

Read the full piece here

Remembering Freedom Fighter Ilana

As Leḥi's official radio announcer, Geula Cohen became the haunting voice of the dreaded Sternist underground in the minds of Palestine's British occupiers.

Read the full piece here

Decolonize Ḥanukah

Applying Fanon's basic framework helps us to better understand Seleucid-Greek rule in Judea, as well as the popular guerrilla uprising that rose out of the Jewish people.

Listen to the podcast here

Parshat Vayeishev: Circumventing the Evil Force

The light of redemption often shines into our world in a distorted fashion in order to lull the Sitra Aḥra into passivity.

Read the full piece here

Onward Christian Cowboys

The argument today that Israel needs all the friends we can get, including evangelicals on a Jesus-centered mission, may or may not be valid. What's unacceptable is the lack of transparency on the part of Jews who stridently defend groups like HaYovel.

Read the full piece here

HELP VISION WIDEN OUR REACH BY MAKING A TAX DEDUCTIBLE DONATION HERE!

P.S. If you feel you haven’t received any value from this email, tell us. If you did receive value from this email, tell everyone! Seriously, if you have a friend who would like to receive these emails, please share with them.

FWD this to a friend who'd like to be a participant in Jewish history - click here to subscribe

442 5TH AVE #1281
NEW YORK New York 10018
USA

Unsubscribe | Change Subscriber Options