Moishe, Misnagdim, and More

This month in Moishe House Hoboken is going to be a good one. We have tons of good food, discussion, community, and thought coming up. This past month we had an event which was my personal favourite - a straight up intellectual discussion with no religious or spiritual kesher at all. It was oldschool misnagdic litvish thinkin at its best. We engaged in a fun intellectual excersize and discussed issues facing the Jewish people from a philosophical / hashguphic perspective. Israel's birthday has arrived and it begs the question, 61 years and whats going on achshav (now)? Its a great time for the Jewish people - a wealth of new Jewish innovations, creations, and expressions are blooming. The Jewish State, often looked at inherently reactionary, has acted as a catalyst and has in fact percipitated a spasm of creativity that owes its origins to the revolutionary notion inherent in the Zionist Idea. Whether one is a post-Zionist, non-Zionist, or an OZ (Origional Zionist!) everyone recognizes that the fundamental break from normative Jewish thought which existed almost in situ since the fall of Rome / the birth of Christiandom in Europe and the Arab expansion out fo the Hejaz was a self made miracle and amazing feat. I for one say happy belated birthday Israel and invite everyone to come on by Moishe House Hoboken for more good discussion.