Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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What I Learned From Talking To Both Sides Of An Activist-Zionist Conflict
I started off angry at both sides. But the more I spoke with them, the more complicated the story became.
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How The Reactions To “One Of Us” Have Exposed Our Poisonous Tribalism
I thought the reaction to the latest documentary about those leaving Hasidic communities, “One of Us,” would be different. I was wrong.
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Why Orthodox Jews Marched For Racial Justice
We couldn’t complain in quiet anymore. We had to do what the Torah calls us to do: act.
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What The Reactions To The Weinstein Scandal Reveal About Us
How our culture chooses to discuss sexual assault says a lot more about why it happens than specific incidents.
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Maybe The Times Didn’t Change. Maybe It Was Me.
Maybe I should have been resisting all along.
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I Don’t Care If You’re Not Afraid Of Nazis
Let me walk around with a broken heart in the middle of this beautiful, August summer day. Let me have my moment.
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Charlottesville’s Other Jewish Tragedy
The debate swirling in the Jewish world over the blame for Charlottesville is not normal. And it’s one that has affected the Jewish psyche far more than most of us realize.
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I’m Sorry, But History Has Chosen You
A message to the good people of the world: you may be afraid to take a stand, but history has put you in a place where you no longer have an option.
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Why We Had To Dance After Charlottesville
We descended on Trump Tower, all our chest beating with the pain of Charlottesville. And some of us, we just had to dance.
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The Racist Barbershop
How a haircut in St. Louis turned into a lesson in the mechanics of bigotry.
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