by Matthew Friedman | Dec 24, 2023 | Commentary, Gaza Journal
I have been posting in social media about the War on Gaza, and collecting these posts in weekly installments in The Typescript for more than two months. It began as an act of witness and resistance. The Holocaust historian Yehuda Bauer wrote in Rethinking the...
by Matthew Friedman | Dec 17, 2023 | Commentary, Gaza Journal
I have always expected a rupture in Am Yisroel; the definitive and irreconcilable cleavage between the Jews of Zionism and the rest of us. But I did not expect it to come so soon, or with such vehemence. I really don’t believe that there will be any going back...
by Matthew Friedman | Dec 10, 2023 | Commentary, Gaza Journal
Chanukah is coming. If you know me at all, you will know that I have conflicted feelings about the holiday. I welcome any holiday that brings us together as a community, and as a people, to share our heritage. I love the lights and the latkes, and it was always a...
by Matthew Friedman | Nov 19, 2023 | Commentary, Gaza Journal
I was riding the train to work last week, when a man sat down in the seat next to me, pulled a Talmudic text (Hebrew text within Hebrew text) from his messenger bag and started reading. I was listening to music on my headphones, and had removed my hat, so he could see...
by Matthew Friedman | Nov 12, 2023 | Commentary, Gaza Journal
A student asked about the poppy in my lapel today after class. I explained what it was for, and that I wore it as an act of remembrance for my father, who served in the Second World War, and for all of the people who have died and continue to die in our wars. She said...
