Aryeh Bernstein

1 month ago | jewschool.com | Aryeh Bernstein

by Aron Wander“The extreme nationalisms of our century are laboratories for the study of what ultimate concern means in all aspects of human existence, including the smallest concern of one’s daily life.

1 month ago | jewschool.com | Aryeh Bernstein

by Annie Sommer KaufmanA version of this piece was originally shared orally as a devar torah for Parshas Yisro at Congregation Mah Tovu, in Chicago. My comrades and I have been paying a lot of attention to the Book of Esther lately. We’re writing a theater piece to perform on Purim, and we’re resisting the political project designed by the Heritage Foundation named Project Esther, which is a key component of Project 2025 and its authoritarian agenda.

May 5, 2024 | jewschool.com | Aryeh Bernstein

Image by Terrence Antonio James, Chicago Tribune, May 5, 2024, “At U. of C. encampment, Jewish organizers explain significance of their anti-Zionist Shabbat service“The Chicago Tribune published a good article, written by food reporter Ahmed Ali Akbar, on the Jewish presence and prayer and Shabbat observance at the United for Palestine encampment on the University of Chicago quadrangle. I’m quoted in the article, in support of the students and their Jewish observance.

Mar 8, 2024 | jewschool.com | Aryeh Bernstein

If this racist, blood-thirsty so-called rabbi, part of a movement that got 15 mandates, a segment representing over a million Israelis, if they have such a powerful presence in our society, and the rest of us have NOT succeeded in rooting it out (whatever that even means — I mean, I’m also asking what Israel expects non-terrorist Gazans to do about the terrorists among them, and similarly asking what we as non-BenGvir supporters are supposed to do about the spread of his ideas), if we believe...

Dec 13, 2023 | jewschool.com | Aryeh Bernstein

by Maya Rosen, for All That’s LeftThis Chanukah, All That’s Left, a Jerusalem-based, anti-Occupation collective, is publishing a series of eight essays — one for each day of Chanukah — from left-wing rabbis, rabbinical students, and Torah scholars sharing their thoughts on the Festival of Lights in this dark time. Jewschool is proud to partner with ATL in publishing some of these essays. You can access the full reader here. Maya Rosen’s piece was published for day 3 but applies broadly.