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March 2025

Shattered Tablets, Shattered Selves: Beyond Idols and Airstrikes
Originally published on Jewschool
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Aron Wander
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"Amalek is a symbol of militarism": Purim, Ethnonationalism, and Divine Rupture
Last Purim, a few blocks from where I was living in Jerusalem, a huge billboard proudly displayed an image of Israeli soldiers emblazoned with words…
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Aron Wander
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Towards Exile, Away from Diaspora
Here’s a dvar Torah from last week I wrote up for Jewish Currents on the difference between a Jewishness centering “exile” and one centering “diaspora”:
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Aron Wander

February 2025

Mishpatim: "Agony that is not yet language"
“Do not maltreat a stranger, and do not oppress them, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt.
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Aron Wander
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Upcoming Class on Purim, Power, and Palestine
As Purim approaches this year, I’ve struggled with how to relate to it.
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Aron Wander
Yitro: "There is no middle between two opposites"
On a mountain brimming with flames, with thunder and the call of the shofar ringing out, God declares, “I YHVH am your God who brought you out of the…
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Aron Wander

January 2025

Bo: "To be undone by another"
“Moses held out his arm toward the sky and thick darkness descended upon all the land of Egypt for three days.
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Aron Wander
Va'era: The banality of talking about Trump
“The human being became a speaking being” (Genesis 2:7).
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Aron Wander
Interview with R' Avigayil Halpern and Avidan Halivni: "Torah as Language"
R’ Avigayil Halpern and Avidan Halivni have launched a great new podcast called “Can’t Stop Scrolling.” In this episode, “Torah as Language” we spoke…
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Aron Wander
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