Category: Mindsets
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In case you thought that Jews are “white”
Israeli Jews are a diverse group of people. There seems to be a misguided narrative going around that Jews are “white” because it plays into classic racist tropes when discussing Palestinians.
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Israelis helping each other through this difficult time
Despite being caught by surprise on 7 October, Israelis sprang into action and started helping each other almost as soon as news about the brutal attacks spread. While our government stumbles and is barely visible in this crisis, Israelis are unifying as we hoped we would (and feared we may not after nine months of…
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Your Israel Hypocrisy Is Showing
This war with Hamas, like virtually any other conflict between Israel and terrorists, reveals international hypocrisy and the eagerness to blame Israel. It also highlights an ongoing refusal to condemn terrorist organisations like Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad for intentionally targeting Israeli civilians, and intentionally placing Palestinian civilians in the firing line.
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How to respond to batsh*t crazy political environments
I have been struggling with how to respond to/handle/cope with the current batsh*t crazy political environment in Israel. Particularly the so-called “Judicial Reform” legislation that our current government is pushing forward at a rapid pace. I asked ChatGPT how it suggests a Stoic would respond to this. It seemed to offer pretty sensible advice.
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I’m feeling anti-social today so I had a chat with ChatGPT about this
Today feels like one of those days when I don’t really feel like much social interaction. I thought I’d see what ChatGPT had to say. It actually helped chatting to the bot, even though I know it is a generative AI.
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Heretic in the House podcast
I’ve been listening to the “Heretic in the House” podcast hosted by Professor Naomi Seidman. It’s a short series of about five episodes that explores attitudes towards people who leave the Orthodox Jewish Community to live a life that is “Off the Derech”, or “Off the Path”. https://www.hartman.org.il/program/heretic-in-the-house/ It is a really interesting and engaging…
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Consistency of perspective
I really enjoyed this comment by Hank Green about consistency of perspective. He and John, his brother, had a short discussion in response to a question a listener sent to them on their podcast, Dear Hank & John: Consistency of perspective, and consistency of world view, is like a loyalty to a former self who…
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The people you really owe anything to
I really like this tweet by Shoshanna Keats Jaskoll about who she (and we) really owe anything to: It’s a nice reminder of our higher priorities.
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