Books and Philosophy
Thinkers and books.
Sartre and the Israeli Occupation
On Sartre’s defense of the USSR, Birthright trips, and why Yeshayahu Leibowitz saw the occupation as a threat to Jewish identity itself.
The Disappearance of the Original
Walter Benjamin, Heidegger, and what happens to the idea of the original once images stop having a source at all.
What inspires me? Stories, Heidegger, Nachman
An attempt to answer one of the questions I am asked most often: so what inspires you?
Uniqueness vs. authenticity
“Did anyone else ever do this, ever think this, ever feel this, and what does that say about me?” I think we might be better off letting go of that question.
Diaspora, a traveling homeland
On one of my favourite topics: the Diaspora as a mental state. Being an immigrant. Distances within ourselves.
Are stories dead? Hebrew Tattoos and a crisis of narration
The way we tell our stories is the way we understand ourselves. But what if stories disappear from our lives?