Politics

A King’s Treasure For A Jew from Queens

By Tsionizm

From The Exodus To The Present Day, The Torah Shows Us That Communal Freedom Rests Upon The Personal. Enslaved Minds Neither Merit Nor Are Capable Of Sustaining A Free Polity.

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This Week’s Torah Reading (Exodus 6:2 – 9:35) Teaches Us That Deserving Nations Are Made Of Ruthless Freedom Fighters Who Are Not Afraid To Inflict Some Damage On Others

By Tsionizm

With the story of the ten plagues of Egypt, Jews begin their long and yet to be completed journey from bondage to freedom

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This Week’s Torah Reading “Shemot” Teaches Us That Violence In The Service Of Justice Is Righteous And That Promised Lands Do Not Have To Be Empty Of Native Or Indigenous Peoples

By Tsionizm

Moshe gets from the Almighty the unenviable task of dragging unwilling Hebrews from slavery to freedom, from bondage to independence because he is both loving and violent and most of all because he is fiercely loyal to his own kind

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Weekly Torah Reading “Vayigash” (Genesis 44:18-47:27) Teaches Us That Income Tax Is Slavery And That There Has Never Been A Free Lunch

By Tsionizm

Joseph uses his financial genius and the laws of supply and demand to make serfs out of Egyptian farmers

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This Week’s Torah Reading “Vayeishev” (Genesis 37:1 – 40:23) Teaches Us That It Is Never Too Late To Take Our Destinies Into Our Own Hands Even When Life Deals Us An Unfair Hand

By Tsionizm

The parallel stories of Joseph to whom the Blessing is freely given and of Tamar who must risk her life to wrestle it back bracket the human condition