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What is a Jew?

י"ד באב ה'תש"ע (25 July 2010)

In response to my post on 9 Av, Will S. asked why non-religious Jews choose to remain Jewish by choice: Is it just shared experience, and/or sense of high degree of persecution by outsiders, that inculcates the sense of “we’re a people” in secularist Jews, making them want to live amongst their own rather than [...]

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Tel Aviv’s Proudest Day

כ"ט בתמוז ה'תש"ע (11 July 2010)

I’ve lived in Tel Aviv already more than a few years, and I long ago learned to hide what I believe about any issue from the people I meet here. More than half of the girls I’ve dated in Tel Aviv have been draft dodgers, not including the one draft resister I fucked after I [...]

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Jewish Monarchy in Israel

כ"ה בתמוז ה'תש"ע (7 July 2010)

Will S. asked these questions: I’m Canadian, and an ardent monarchist myself; to me, it ties in with my patriotism, and my faith as a Christian (of the Protestant variety), and my disposition as a Canadian. Monarchy, though, is always at least outwardly religious; whether the Christian monarchs of Europe, or the Islamic kingdoms like [...]

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Circumcision and Intactivism

כ"ו בסיון ה'תש"ע (8 June 2010)

Ferdinand wrote what he thinks about “‘intactivism,’ opposition to circumcising boys when they’re too young to decide for themselves.” I was circumcised when I was eight days old and I’m glad it was done, not for religious reasons but because in my experience more girls appreciate when it’s been done. It caused me no trauma, [...]

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JFS and Racial Discrimination

ב' בטבת ה'תש"ע (19 December 2009)

As a university student in America, I once read an article posing the question: When did the modern era in Jewish history begin? The author’s answer was to point out that the answer depends on who answers the question. A Zionist might say, for example, that modern Jewish history began in 1789 with the rise [...]

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Hanukah

כ"ה בכסלו ה'תש"ע (12 December 2009)

I’ve noticed that a lot of the readers here are coming from places in the world where there are not a lot of Jews. Consequently, there may be people reading DoG who don’t know what Hanukah is and what it’s all about. Hanukah (rhymes with Monica) is the Jewish Christmas. It celebrates the birth of [...]

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