Authors Posts by Aton Holzer
Aton Holzer
Aton Holzer is Director of the Mohs Surgery Clinic in the Department of Dermatology, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, and is an assistant editor of the recent RCA Siddur Avodat HaLev.
Wine Not? The missing holiday whose time has come
Aton M. Holzer
The fifteenth of Av – among the most minor of minor festivals on the Jewish calendar – is marked in the diaspora...
Yom Yerushalayim: On Not Yet, Always Already, and the [Im]possibility of Crossing Over
Aton Holzer reflects on Jerusalem and Zionism.
The Rome not Taken: Pompey, Pigs, and the Implosion of Hasmonean Eschatology
Aton Holzer explores the changing nature of Jewish interactions with Rome from Maccabees through the Rabbinic period.
On Yom Kippur, determinism and national unity
Aton Holzer explores the role of free will and its limits in the Yom Kippur liturgy.
Capra Dei, or Had Gadya: Isaiah 53 and Jewish Redemption
Aton Holzer offers a novel interpretation of Isaiah 53 based on current events in Israel.
Biblical Proportionality: The War to Restore our Faith in Man
Aton Holzer reflects on the loss of faith Israelis are going through following the events of October 7.
Hanukkah or Hanoch-ah: Illuminating the Origins and Trajectory of an Apocalyptic Holiday
In his latest for the Lehrhaus, Aton Holzer sheds light on the hidden roots of Hanukkah–exploring the political and theological meaning of the holiday from the Second Temple period through the Talmud.
The Festival of Gathering: A Return to the Original Being
Aton Holzer offers an existential perspective on the transition from Yom Kippur to Sukkot and applies some Heideggerian concepts to the festival of gathering.
Mind Blown: Shofar as Divine Encounter Beyond the Limits of Human Comprehension
Aton Holzer explores the inscrutability of the Mitzvah of Shofar.
Frum and Free? Passover and Jewish Views on Liberty
Aton Holzer offers a novel re-reading of the Seder, arguing that it reflects and recreates four types of liberty that can be found in the Exodus narrative, as well as a fifth form of freedom.
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