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Jeremy Benstein

Hebrew Roots, Jewish Routes

May 21, 2024, 12:09 AM

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An open letter to Naomi Klein from a progressive Israeli

Zionism is not monolithic – and our blood-soaked conflict is a war between extremists and those who call for compromise

Dec 7, 2021, 10:32 AM

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A radical answer to Joseph, the evil tzadik: Building a just society

Adrien Guignet Joseph et Pharaon, 19th C. / wikimedia

How the sabbatical year solves the boom and bust business cycle, first sparked by a canny tycoon who had insider info and the keys to the kingdom (Vayigash)

Dec 9, 2020, 10:41 PM

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Our Big Fat Greek Hanukkah

Given the Maccabees' fight against foreign influence, the holiday has some surprising linguistic dimensions

Mar 15, 2020, 12:21 PM

Contagion, Clinging and Closeness to God: An Important Hebrew Root for Today

Prime Minister Netanyahu has emphasized that, given the burgeoning corona virus pandemic, everyone needs to do their utmost not to להדביק lehadbik, and not to להידבק lehidabek. Roughly speaking, regarding the disease: if you got it, don't give it,...

Dec 22, 2019, 2:28 PM

All Is Illuminated

How many candles do we light on the first night of Hanukah? I light three. One regular candle for the chag, and two yahrtzeit candles. 28 years ago, on the first night of Hanukah, my beloved grandmother, Goldie Adler, known...

Jun 21, 2017, 10:27 PM

10 reasons Israel supporters should confront climate change

Almost exactly a year ago, in Paris, the world reached an unprecedented level of consensus regarding the climate crisis and a plan for collective action. The Trump administration is in the process of rolling back significant environmental legislation and...

May 29, 2017, 12:42 PM

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Shavuot: A holiday for the haves and the have-nots

Detail of "Ruth and Boaz," 1628, by Claes Corneliszoon Moeyaert (PD via Wikimedia Commons)

Shavuot, a harvest festival, could have celebrated wealthy landowners --- here's how it doesn't do that

Mar 8, 2016, 2:45 PM

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My grandfather’s assassin and me

Fifty years ago a deranged young man entered a synagogue armed with a gun and a hauntingly familiar ideology

About Me

Dr. Jeremy Benstein is a linguist, author and teacher. He is the author of "Hebrew Roots, Jewish Routes: A Tribal Language in a Global World" (Behrman House, 2019), and was the English editor of 929 (929.org.il). Jeremy is also one of the founders and part of the senior staff of the Heschel Center for Sustainability in Tel Aviv, and the author of The Way Into Judaism and the Environment (Jewish Lights, 2006).

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