Catriel Lev

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Apr 4, 2019, 2:40 PM

Assessing Lisa Liel’s Response to Benjamin Kerstein’s Essay about ‘Zehut’

Since the word "screed" has become so popular in discussions of essays about the upcoming Israeli elections, this essay can be described as a response to the screed by Lisa Liel which attacked Benjamin Kerstein’s composition and argued in...

Apr 2, 2019, 11:54 PM

Food for Thought about the Zehut Party and Moshe Feiglin

Moshe Feiglin’s Zehut Party has been discussed quite a lot, especially recently, and I feel that it would be a public service to point out the core reasons for being very wary of what the messages transmitted by Moshe...

Mar 8, 2019, 3:42 PM

The 21st Knesset Elections and Netanyahu’s Crisis

My Facebook Post from Sunday, 3 March, 2019, and the ensuing discussion it caused with my friend Jason Elbaum, caused me to hone my thoughts about Binyamin Netanyahu’s crisis, as a Prime Minister of Israel who is likely to...

Aug 1, 2017, 7:09 PM

Thoughts on Sovereignty and the Temple Mount, on Tish’a B’Av

As the fast, and day of mourning (and, hopefully, repentance), of the ninth of the Jewish month of Av (Tish’a B’Av) has drawn near this year (2017 – 5777), I have seen a few Posts on FaceBook, and comments...

Nov 11, 2016, 5:27 PM

Thoughts about the Electoral College of the USA

We have just completed the process of electing a new President of the USA, and, as occurs every four years, the Electoral College of the USA has again come under scrutiny. As my friend Stuart Schnee has queried on FaceBook: Is...

Jul 3, 2015, 12:40 AM

The Confederate Flag Revisited

Now that, in my previous post, I noted that display of the Confederate flag (clearly an anti-USA symbol, though an historical artifact) is totally inappropriate in official government buildings, I find that an exaggerated version of the thoughts I expressed has led to the cessation...

Jun 29, 2015, 1:44 PM

Deliberations on the Confederate Flag

With all of the discussion of the Confederate flag that I see on the internet, I would like to point out a few things: I think that the most cogent comment about the Confederate Flag issue that I have heard...

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About Me

Catriel Lev, an "unconformist" halachic Jew/poet/philosopher defying standard categorization, born in Baltimore. MD (USA), living in Bet Shemesh, Israel, tries to view the issues without any “normative” biases (of any particular political/philosophical faction). His views are his own, and do not obligate anyone else, and may often be found on his personal blog.

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