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Category Archives: Jonathan D. Sarna
Decoding Jonathan Sarna
ChatGPT says: Per Alliance Theory: Jonathan Sarna is a memory custodian and legitimacy stabilizer whose work functions to keep American Jewish identity coherent, respectable, and non-threatening across deep internal disagreement. He is not trying to adjudicate truth claims. He is … Continue reading
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Second thoughts on this petition to take down Syria’s regime?
I email Professor Jonathan Sarna about this petition he signed in 2013 along with Leon Wieseltier, Joseph Telushkin, Shmuly Yanklowitz, Avi Weiss, Yosef Blau, David Wolpe, Eric Yoffie, Menachem Genack, Steven Weil, Haskel Lookstein, Mark Dratch, Jeffrey K. Salkin to … Continue reading
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Who Were The Rabbis & Jewish Intellectuals Who Pushed For America To Declare War On Syria?
As the Twitter user #thelatempire notes: “Syria war has been the most globally destabilizing event since 9/11.” So who pushed for this disaster? From September 2013: Letter to U.S. House of Representatives Dear Congressional Leaders, We write you as descendants … Continue reading
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Jewish Unity
Dr. Jonathan D. Sarna writes: First, we must acknowledge the role American Jewish religious movements play in focusing more on what unites Jews than what divides them. Communal concern over “continuity,” the reluctance of wealthy donors to support those who … Continue reading
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