(JTA) — The State Department on Friday announced sanctions against Ben Zion “Bentzi” Gopstein, a prominent far-right Israeli activist, for his “destabilizing” activities in the West Bank, along with two Israeli organizations that raised funds for sanctioned settlers. The penalties were the third round of sanctions the State Department has levied against far-right Israelis in... […]
“In every generation,” the Haggadah states, “a person is obligated to view themself as if they left Egypt.” I used to fawn over this teaching. It invited me to contemplate my own “personal slavery” and my need for “inner liberation.” Estranged from real enslavement, I mined Pesach’s themes for relevant meaning to my own life... […]