I think the concept of Hell as infinite, eternal, and horrific is cross-pollinated (so to speak) from Christianity. As in Christianity, Gehinnom is supposed to keep Jews in line. We have Sheol, which seems to be like an eternal bus ride with no destination, but on which you can still be happy. You get sprung in 11 months. If you want to read about the full Christian phenomenon of Hell, James Joyce's "Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man" includes a tour-de-force exposition. I think it's better than the Puritan "fire and brimstone" sermons.
It’s probably not a coincidence, then, that Zionism is hostile to Yiddish (in favor of Modern Hebrew). Destroying diaspora Jewishness is kind of their entire schtick.
(Successfully destroying the Palestinians would be undesirable, then, because without the threat of multiculturalism, how would Israel keep the Jewish diaspora in line?!?)
“What’s a Substack feed?” I ask as someone who only ever opens the Substack app or website to leave comments.
(I use email and RSS instead. If you want paywalled Substack content over RSS, the iOS and Mac app Newsify lets you use your Substack login credentials for full-text support, via the login cookie, since Substack has no public API. There are probably similar apps on other platforms.)
I know but it is very interesting that a Protestant guy would be so invested. I am listening to videos by Russian speakers from Israel. They believe that the arrival of heifers is a sign that Israelis plan to build the temple. Hopefully, they are wrong.
I think the concept of Hell as infinite, eternal, and horrific is cross-pollinated (so to speak) from Christianity. As in Christianity, Gehinnom is supposed to keep Jews in line. We have Sheol, which seems to be like an eternal bus ride with no destination, but on which you can still be happy. You get sprung in 11 months. If you want to read about the full Christian phenomenon of Hell, James Joyce's "Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man" includes a tour-de-force exposition. I think it's better than the Puritan "fire and brimstone" sermons.
It’s probably not a coincidence, then, that Zionism is hostile to Yiddish (in favor of Modern Hebrew). Destroying diaspora Jewishness is kind of their entire schtick.
(Successfully destroying the Palestinians would be undesirable, then, because without the threat of multiculturalism, how would Israel keep the Jewish diaspora in line?!?)
(Something something shlilat ha’golah…)
What do you think about the red heifers' arrival in Jerusalem? https://allisrael.com/red-heifer-sacrifice-could-take-place-in-about-a-year-in-jerusalem
https://twitter.com/dancohen3000/status/713772258511032320?t=xufZ8ackz-bTFmflYRK7sg&s=19
weird so substack is doing algorithmic shit too? ugh.
“What’s a Substack feed?” I ask as someone who only ever opens the Substack app or website to leave comments.
(I use email and RSS instead. If you want paywalled Substack content over RSS, the iOS and Mac app Newsify lets you use your Substack login credentials for full-text support, via the login cookie, since Substack has no public API. There are probably similar apps on other platforms.)
What’s a “social media home feed”? 🙃
Christian Zionism predates Jewish Zionism.
Exactly, Christian Zionists supported and instructed Theodor Herzl. I am wondering who is instructed Netanyahu nowadays.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPGlgz1zC-4
This Texan really wants the veil to be lifted: https://allisrael.com/red-heifer-sacrifice-could-take-place-in-about-a-year-in-jerusalem
I know but it is very interesting that a Protestant guy would be so invested. I am listening to videos by Russian speakers from Israel. They believe that the arrival of heifers is a sign that Israelis plan to build the temple. Hopefully, they are wrong.