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Does Anti-Semitism Have Sex Appeal?
Does Anti-Semitism Have Sex Appeal? Is it sexy to be anti-semitic? Well, it must be, since it’s a mode of organizing human desire that just won’t quit. In bygone times, when distaste for all-things-Jewish was naively proud of itself, it … Continue reading →
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Tagged Anthony Trollope, anti-semitism, anti-semitism as a bad look, betraying the covenant, Bible movies, blaming Jews for the Holocaust, bohemian circles, Chaucer, conversion as an option, covenant in history, Dickens, difficulties of real life, Edgar Degas, envy of Jews, eros of the covenant, evil and human desire, false gods, fashionable anti-semitism, golden calf scene, hitting bottom, Holocaust, human desire, insincere envy, Jews as chosen, keeping the covenant, literary anti-semitism, loving dead Jews, partnering with God, pre-war anti-semitism, sex appeal, sex appeal of anti-semitism, Shakespeare, social anti-semitism, the Jewish vocation, tolerance and prejudice, when anti-semitism was unfashionable
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The Baal Shem Tov
The Baal Shem Tov The Baal Shem Tov (Master of the Good Name) is the preeminent Hassidic master, the 18th-century founder (1700-1760) and prototype of any follower who practices in that tradition. His very presence was said to be a … Continue reading →
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Tagged Authenticity, Baal Shem Tov, balancing power, becoming a Jew, charisma, Christian saints, converting to Judaism, cosmetic envy, crowd approval, dog approval, envy of Jews, envy of skills, fearlessness, happy endings, Hassidic master, Hassidim, hatred of Jews, healing power, horse approval, insider envy, Jewish fears, Jewish saints, Jewish sect, Jewish spiritual gifts, Jewish spiritual history, keeping one's cool, Martin Buber, Martin Buber's "Tales of the Hasidim: The Early Masters", overcoming bad inclinations, peak experiences, perfectability, perfection, personal story, piety, popularity, pseudo-feelings, recognizing a zaddik, self-actualization, self-curiosity, self-defeating reformers, sincere envy, sincere prayer, spiritual giants, staying in balance, strange fate of the Jews, the art of being Jewish, the Jewish spirit, tolerating the intolerable, untheatrical lives, Vilna Gaon, women's envy, zaddik
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Moses and Me
Moses and Me I never liked Moses. Or more precisely, I never felt drawn to the Biblical figure. For one thing, he seems to me unromantic. He has no significant woman in his life (unless you count the sister and … Continue reading →
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Tagged anguish of Moses, Avivah Gottlieb Zorniber’s Moses: A Human Life, bad faith, Biblical characters, chosen people, co-religionists, compromised self, derivative selves, divided self, envy of Jews, father figures, God as design feature, God as energy, God as impersonal, God as laws of nature, God as laws of physics, God as Person, hatred of Jews, Henry M. Rosenthal, identifying across genders, identifying with Moses, incest, Jewish assignment, Jewish mission, Jewish self-hatred, Jewish survival, Jews as privileged, lovers in Scripture, marital love, mission of Moses, Moses, parricide, patriarchs in Genesis, patriarchy, personal God, psychoanalysis, Sarah Rebecca and Rachel, self-actualization, self-concealment, self-deception, self-loss, self-realization, self-unfolding, taking oneself seriously, true love, wives of patriarchs
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