This is part five of Marc H. Ellis’s “Exile and the Prophetic” feature for Mondoweiss.…

This is part four of Marc H. Ellis’s “Exile and the Prophetic” feature for Mondoweiss.…

This is part three of Marc H. Ellis’s “Exile and the Prophetic” feature for Mondoweiss.…

This is part two of Marc H. Ellis’s “Exile and the Prophetic” feature for Mondoweiss.…

This is part one of Marc H. Ellis’s “Exile and the Prophetic” feature for Mondoweiss.…

A new daily feature from noted theologian Marc H. Ellis, a leading thinker on Israel/Palestine, challenging the Jewish community “in an age where Empire Judaism seems triumphant”.

How shall Jews mourn the death of Yitzhak Shamir? Born of a generation scarred by…

Jaffa, 1898-1914. (Photo: Matson Collection) ‘The settler owes the fact of his very existence, that…

Purim is an affirmation of the Diaspora whereas Hanukkah was a commemoration of the restoration of Jewish sovereignty in the land of Israel. From this standpoint it is interesting to note the difference in the two holidays’ relative importance in the Jewish liturgical cycle over the course of Jewish history.

An international demonstrator finds inspiration, in Bil’in Here we are in our new Mondoweiss digs…