Community
Beyond Vocation: Reclaiming the Language of Chosenness
To ensure a passionate and distinctive Jewish future, we should reclaim our foundational metaphor of “chosenness.”
December 1, 2025
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Ethics
Standing Lovingly Against Binaries
It is problematic when my claim to uniqueness is such that I lose the ability to hold or respect yours.
November 23, 2025
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Identity
Chosen to Aspire to Do God’s Will, Not Because We Are Inherently Better
It is important to reconstruct even the most problematic concepts that we have inherited rather than to try to excise them.
November 23, 2025
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Justice
The Chosenness of Others
My understanding of chosenness develops from the perspective of those excluded from the Enlightenment’s putative universalism.
November 23, 2025
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Community
Reconstructing the Roles of Priests and Levites: Questioning Absolute Egalitarianism
How might we reclaim some of the value of the priestly and levitical roles?
November 17, 2025
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Community
Chosen for Priesthood: Considering Chosenness Through a Biblical Metaphor
God’s invitation to be a nation of priests is an aspiration rather than a firm promise of our indispensability.
November 17, 2025
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