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Jun 2, 2026, 11:59 AM

Satan visits South Africa

Satan was getting bored. He had spent several weeks idly twirling his globe of the world, noting with glum satisfaction the number of countries which had recently fallen under his sway, but now he was beginning to feel that...

Marc S. Perlman

May 29, 2026, 8:54 AM

I’m starting my blog with an unusual post: a short story I wrote in December 2023, only two months after the October 7th attack, which has sat in my desk drawer until now. The story is Zionist science fiction...

May 15, 2026, 4:39 AM

The Eternal Jew’s Tale, #216, Messiahs, 11

Malkhut Torn Apart; image composed, colorized and modified by the author, all layers obtained from Wikimedia Commons from the image, Blake - Behemoth and Leviathan 1826, in the public domain.

In this episode, the shells are again shattered. The Eternal Jew’s Tale Messiah Tractates, a Montage Luria, Glorious, 3 of 3 Human, all too human. Beliefs to yoke the wild animal in us, that we might live by a fixed plan and never...

May 10, 2026, 6:42 AM

The Eternal Jew’s Tale, #215, Messiahs, 10

Looking into Malkhut; image composed, colorized and modified by the author, all layers obtained from Wikimedia Commons from the image, Blake - Behemoth and Leviathan 1826, in the public domain.

In this episode is The Ari passing the mantle to Khiyyam Vital? The Eternal Jew’s Tale Messiah Tractates, a Montage Luria, Glorious, 2 of 3 So the Ari pushes the envelop; walking the hills with his coterie, he stops; “Listen. Do you hear that?...

May 3, 2026, 4:59 AM

The Eternal Jew’s Tale, #214, Messiahs, 9

If The Ari Knew About Neural Networks...; image composed, colorized and modified by the author, all layers obtained from Wikimedia Commons with base layer: “Model Generates Potential Energy Surface for MD Simulation”: background: “Midjourney and Grok”; and nodes as part of a “generated with geometrics” collection, all in the public domain.

In this episode... first let me apologize for the delay in posting this Eternal Jew episode. This montage about Isaac Luria needed a complete rewrite. Now here it is, part one of three, the last scene in The Eternal...

Apr 26, 2026, 1:46 PM

We Thought It Was Different There (fiction)

(The following is a work of speculative fiction, set in 2031. Events and characters after April 2026 are imagined.) Published June 2031 The two FBI agents who came to Daniel Katz's home in Teaneck, New Jersey, on a Tuesday morning in...

Mar 22, 2026, 9:20 AM

The Eternal Jew’s Tale, #213, Messiahs, 8

Messiah Fade Away; image composed, colorized and modified by the author, all layers obtained from Wikimedia Commons with base layer, Vatican, St. Peter’s Basilica, by Farroukh, all in the public domain.

In this episode, searching the depths of Sheol for the Prophet to dispel Shlomo’s doubts. The Eternal Jew’s Tale Messiah Tractates, a Montage Shlomo Molkho's Traum, 3 But comes the night, comes the fears. What is this? The anointed is in fear? Tyrants?...

Mar 21, 2026, 9:57 AM

Sam Sussman’s Boy from the North Country: What Happens After the Awards

Sam Sussman, author of ‘Boy From the North Country’

‘Boy From the North Country’ Join Author Sam Sussman in Conversation with Cantor Dan Singer Tickets | Stephen Wise Free Synagogue On March 26, the literary world will gather for the annual celebration of the Jewish Book Council and its...

Mar 15, 2026, 2:15 AM

The Eternal Jew’s Tale, #212, Messiahs, 7

Ladder of Souls; image composed, colorized and modified by the author, all layers obtained from Wikimedia Commons with base layer, Vatican, St. Peter’s Basilica, by Farroukh, all in the public domain.

In this episode, stairway to heaven, and beyond, to the Vatican. The Eternal Jew’s Tale Messiah Tractates, a Montage Shlomo Molkho's Traum, 2 Just one more step and he will enter into the maw of the Vatican. Thirty days of fasting and prayer at...

Mar 8, 2026, 6:19 AM

The Eternal Jew’s Tale, #211, Messiahs, 6

Shlomo Beset with Voices; image composed, colorized and modified by the author, all layers obtained from Wikimedia Commons, all in the public domain, with base layer, Moses at Red Sea by Aoki Shigeru.

In this episode a New Christian circumcises himself and begins to ascend the scales. The Eternal Jew’s Tale Messiah Tractates, a Montage Shlomo Molkho's Traum, 1 Now Shlomo Molkho inherits the call, ascending out of his origins, from Diego Pires a Christianized Jew,...

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